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Valerie June released a very good new album, The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers, earlier this year, and she'll go on a North American tour supporting it in 2022. She's announced "The Moon & Stars Tour," beginning in March and running through May, with stops in Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles (April 8 at The Fonda Theater), NYC (May 4 at Town Hall), Ithaca, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and more. See all dates below.
Tickets to all dates go on sale Friday 10/29 at 10 AM local time, with various presales happening now.
See pictures from Valerie's September Central Park show below.
VALERIE JUNE: 2022 TOUR
Nov 20, 2021 McCarter Theatre Center Princeton, NJ
Jan 29, 2022 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
Mar 31, 2022 The Showbox Seattle, WA
Apr 1, 2022 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC
Apr 2, 2022 Aladdin Theater Portland, OR
Apr 3, 2022 Aladdin Theater Portland, OR
Apr 5, 2022 The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
Apr 6, 2022 The UC Theatre Taube Family Music Hall Berkeley, CA
Apr 8, 2022 The Fonda Theatre Los Angeles, CA
Apr 9, 2022 Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, CA
May 3, 2022 Academy of Music Theatre Northampton, MA
May 4, 2022 The Town Hall New York, NY
May 5, 2022 The Fillmore Washington, DC
May 6, 2022 Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall Munhall, PA
May 7, 2022 State Theater of Ithaca Ithaca, NY
May 10, 2022 The Danforth Music Hall Toronto, ON
May 11, 2022 The Magic Bag Ferndale, MI
May 13, 2022 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH
May 14, 2022 The Athenaeum Theatre Columbus, OH
May 15, 2022 Hifi Annex Indianapolis, IN
May 16, 2022 Castle Theatre Bloomington, IL
May 18, 2022 Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago, IL
May 19, 2022 Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee, WI
May 21, 2022 Englert Civic Theatre Iowa City, IA
May 22, 2022 Delmar Hall Saint Louis, MO
May 24, 2022 Old Forester's Paristown Hall Louisville, KY
May 25, 2022 Hamilton County Memorial Hall Cincinnati, OH
May 27, 2022 Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center (The Capitol Room at Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center) Harrisburg, PA
May 28, 2022 Rams Head On Stage Annapolis, MD

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WHITE CO, Ill. (WEHT) – An Illinois man has died after he was hit by a semi-truck on I-64 while trying to cross the road in White County.
State Police say, just before 4 a.m. Friday, May 14, a semi-truck was traveling in the right lane of I-64 East, near the 128.5-mile marker in Gray Township, Illinois, when the vehicle struck Dustin Gregory, 36, from Lovington, IL, on the front driver’s side quarter panel.
Family members of Gregory say he was on the interstate because his truck had broken down. Police found Gregory’s vehicle on I-64 E near the 125 mile marker.
The family says the White County Coroner’s officer reviewed dashcam video from the semi showing Gregory in the road– but trying to get out of the way. The coroner’s office believes he misjudged the timing of the on-coming truck and was clipped trying to get off the road.
Gregory was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the semi was not injured.
*This story has been updated since its original posting
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT)- Every day, hundreds of thousands of people rely on water from the Ohio River for necessary tasks like drinking, cleaning, and cooking. But after a proposal by Henderson company Meuth Construction Supply to the Army Corps of Engineers, an environmental group is raising concerns for the quality of the water.
The plan would call for a dredging area complete with a fleeting space for up to 45 barges near Inland Marina, within eyesight of downtown Evansville. Valley Watch President John Blair says the proposal should concern anyone who wants to protect the Ohio River, including recreational boaters, environmentalists, and anyone who drinks the water.
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) More details on Ellis Park’s plans for expansion to Owensboro, and upgrades in Henderson are coming out of the gate.
The extension, which will be built at Towne Square Mall, and upgrades happen as Ellis prepares for millions of dollars in improvements in Henderson. It also happens as Ellis gets ready for its 100th year.
GIBSON COUNTY, Ind (WEHT) – The Gibson County man accused of stabbing his mother to death and leaving her body in the woods plans to use insanity as a defense.
Attorneys for David Crowe filed the papers in Gibson Circuit Court on Wednesday. Police say Crowe stabbed Viola Clardy on the patio of her home on October 6 and then wrapped her body in sheets and pulled the body to an area behind the house. Court documents show Crowe confessed to the crime and showed investigators where to find the knife he used.

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PRINCETON – A teen from rural Princeton was killed Saturday morning in a single vehicle crash.   The Bureau County Sheriff’s Office reported that around 6:15 AM they were called to an intersection about two miles north-east of Princeton where they found an SUV had rolled, taking the life of the 18-year-old driver.  His identity has not been released pending notification of next of kin.   The crash remains under investigation by the Bureau County Sheriff’s Office and Bureau County Coroner.
MENDOTA – The Mendota Trojans Boys Soccer Team fell in a heartbreaking double overtime thriller that went to penalty kicks against Bloomington Central Catholic in Super-Sectional Play. The undefeated Trojans fought hard to a 2-2 […]
AURORA- A security guard was rescued after a fall pinned him underground in Aurora.   Around midnight authorities were called to the scene in the 2300 block of West Indian Trail for a security guard […]
PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer was shot to death by a man at a gas station in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis. Trooper Jayme Bufford with Illinois State Police […]
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Senate voted Tuesday to repeal a law requiring that parents or guardians be notified when girls younger than 18 seek an abortion.Democrats who […]
PERU – Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. spoke to a crowd of hundreds gathered in Peru Tuesday at a rally to raise awareness about the investigation into the death of an ISU student whose body […]
Game 1 of the 2021 World Series kicked off at Minute Maid Park in Houston on Tuesday, with the Atlanta Braves defeating the Houston Astros 6-2 to take a 1-0 series lead. The Braves took […]
MENDOTA – The Mendota Trojans Boys Soccer Team fell in a heartbreaking double overtime thriller that went to penalty kicks against Bloomington Central Catholic in Super-Sectional Play. The undefeated Trojans fought hard to a 2-2 […]
The Chicago Blackhawks announced in a Tuesday press conference that Stan Bowman is out as the team’s general manager, after the team released the findings of an independent investigation into how coaching staff handled sexual […]
By JAY COHEN and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writers CHICAGO (AP) — An independent review has found that the Chicago Blackhawks mishandled allegations that an assistant coach sexually assaulted a player during the team’s Stanley […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks put captain Jonathan Toews and Henrik Borgstrom in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol, giving the winless team five players on the list. Toews and Borgstrom missed practice after they joined […]

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WHITE CO, Ill (WEHT) – A massive manhunt in Southern Illinois has led to an arrest.
Illinois State Police sent out an officer safety bulletin shortly before 5 p.m. Monday referencing a stolen vehicle and aggravated battery with a firearm in White County. At the time, the subject was believed to be armed with a shotgun.
The subject’s vehicle was spotted by Mt Carmel Police, who attempted a traffic stop. Police say Ashton T. Harper, 27, of Mt Vernon, IL, then led them on a chase starting in the 1400 block of N Poplar Blvd and ending at a residence on N 2270 Blvd. According to police, Harper drove through several fields and tree lines before stopping in a shed and then fled on foot.
Officers lost sight of Harper during the foot pursuit and a manhunt ensued. Harper was eventually found in Lawrence County and taken into custody just after 9 p.m.
Harper was wanted on a warrant out of Wayne County for a stolen vehicle, as well as traffic charges in Mt Carmel related to this incident. He is currently held in the Wabash County Jail.
Authorities say more charges are expected as the investigation continues.
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HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) More details on Ellis Park’s plans for expansion to Owensboro, and upgrades in Henderson are coming out of the gate.
The extension, which will be built at Towne Square Mall, and upgrades happen as Ellis prepares for millions of dollars in improvements in Henderson. It also happens as Ellis gets ready for its 100th year.
GIBSON COUNTY, Ind (WEHT) – The Gibson County man accused of stabbing his mother to death and leaving her body in the woods plans to use insanity as a defense.
Attorneys for David Crowe filed the papers in Gibson Circuit Court on Wednesday. Police say Crowe stabbed Viola Clardy on the patio of her home on October 6 and then wrapped her body in sheets and pulled the body to an area behind the house. Court documents show Crowe confessed to the crime and showed investigators where to find the knife he used.
(The Hill) — At least three buildings near the U.S. Capitol were evacuated on Wednesday because of a report of a bomb threat.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said in a statement Wednesday morning that a bomb threat was reported at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building, which houses its headquarters, prompting an evacuation.

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CARMI, Ill (WEHT) A bear is quickly rising to fame in the Tri-State, with people wondering – where will he or she be spotted next? DNR officials say they’ve been tracking a bear since it crossed the Mississippi River from Missouri.
The latest sighting happened Tuesday. Sarah Haley spotted a bear in her backyard in Centerville, about 3 miles north of Carmi.
Haley looked out her back window only to see a bear standing right in her yard.
“I got up and I just looked a little closer and I thought oh my gosh, that is a bear,” she said.

“My husband was getting ready to go out and ride his bike. And so I yelled at him. I said, ‘Todd, there’s a bear in our backyard.’ And he came running. And we both were in just so much disbelief that there was actually a bear in our yard. And so we’ve snapped a few pictures,” Haley added.
She posted those photos to Facebook as a heads up for friends and neighbors.
“We just wanted to make sure that our neighbors and we tried to text and call as many as we could, but we wanted to let our neighbors know that it’s out here and to be careful because there are a lot of children in the neighborhood,” Haley said.
Illinois DNR officials confirm they’ve been tracking a bear since it swam across the Mississippi River heading east. They advise folks to avoid contact, and alert wildlife officials if you see it.
Carmi residents said they’re thankful that the bear hasn’t caused any harm and said they’re definitely having a little fun with the local sightings.
“I’ve seen a lot of memes on Facebook but other than that, everybody’s having a good time with it,” said Payton Dale.
“I did see another one of my Facebook friends refer to her as Winnie,” said Abby Weiss.
“Don’t feed the bear. That’s what I’ve always been told. I don’t think this is Yogi Bear,” said Michael Fleming
People have been sending us like Bitmoji or whatever they’re called…calling him ‘Yogi,’” said Haley.
Above all, Carmi residents saying they hope he finds his way back home to a safer habitat.
“I want it to get somewhere safe,” said Weiss.
“I don’t want the bear to get hurt. I mean, there’s no reason for it. And I’m sure like I said he’s just wandered into the area,” said Fleming.
“He just turned around, and then went out back towards the woods right behind the playground and towards the woods. And then I got another picture back there. But that was it. I would say that he was here only about three minutes if even that I don’t know. But yeah, it was wild,” said Haley.
Haley said in speaking to the game warden Tuesday, that they confirmed that the bear hasn’t caused any harm. She said, regardless, they will still remain cautious and that her children will now be playing in the front yard.
Monday morning, Laci Laughard saw a bear in the Springertown area as she went out for her morning workout. But it’s not clear if it’s the same bear.
Experts say most of the time, bears are happy to go unseen by people and will move along on their own. But if you do encounter a bear, Bearwise.org has some tips to make sure you have a safe experience.
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VANDERBURGH COUNTY, Ind. (WEHT) – Some big changes could be coming for builders and contractors in Vanderburgh County. Vanderburgh County Commissioners said they would like to rescind a section of the county code (Chapter 15.36) that currently requires all contractors have licenses before they can legally do any work.
Commissioner Cheryl Musgrave said, “I think the members of the general public are not entirely aware of the cost that they pay for these ridiculous job killing, growth killing regulations.”
EVANSVILLE, Ind (WEHT) – Mesker Park Zoo & Botanical Garden cut the ribbon on their Penguins of Patagonia exhibit on Tuesday.
“My staff has really been from the beginning on really passionate about making sure this space is not only great for animals, where they have a great space for care, quality and their welfare, but also a really immersive space for visitors,” said Executive Director of Mesker Park Zoo Erik Beck
OWENSBORO, Ky. (WEHT) Some pharmacists and industry groups say they’re experiencing the same worker shortage other industries are going through since the pandemic’s start.
You can get your prescription filled at your pharmacy, but some pharmacists say it’s been harder lately filling job openings for workers to fill those prescriptions.

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Between parental politics, after-school programs, and PTA meetings, navigating school districts can be hard—and choosing the district that is best for your child is even harder.
Stacker analyzed 2021 data from Niche to calculate the best school district in every state. Niche rankings rely on statistics from the U.S. Department of Education, SAT/ACT scores, college readiness, teacher quality, and graduation rates. Of course, ratings are one thing and experiences another—which is why it’s always smart to do your research and learn about the families, teachers, and students in a given district before basing something as important as a move on a particular school.
Various districts prioritize funding for different programs, and some have more of a knack for hiring and retaining nurturing teachers. For some districts, it seems to be a numbers game without any thought regarding the learning environment. Still other districts encourage kids to explore passions and make friends but are lagging academically. A top school district isn’t just one or the other; it’s a combination of factors parents must weigh when considering a new district.
Keep reading to see how your district stacks up, or to help narrow your search for where you plan to move and raise a family.
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A3pfamily // Shutterstock
– Location: Madison, AL
– Students: 11,290
– Student to teacher ratio: 18:1
– Reading proficient: 74%
– Math proficient: 76%
– Graduation rate: 96%
– Expenditure per student: $10,075
– Average teacher salary: $56,964

Vilmos Varga // Shutterstock
– Location: Skagway, AK
– Students: 141
– Student to teacher ratio: 10:1
– Reading proficient: 87%
– Math proficient: 82%
– Graduation rate: data unavailable
– Expenditure per student: $27,098
– Average teacher salary: data unavailable

JulieTFarbarik // Wikimedia Commons
– Location: Tucson, AZ
– Students: 5,427
– Student to teacher ratio: 19:1
– Reading proficient: 70%
– Math proficient: 69%
– Graduation rate: 98%
– Expenditure per student: $9,023
– Average teacher salary: $45,311

Monkey Business Images // Shutterstock
– Location: Fayetteville, AR
– Students: 941
– Student to teacher ratio: 16:1
– Reading proficient: 91%
– Math proficient: 90%
– Graduation rate: 95%
– Expenditure per student: $8,247
– Average teacher salary: $19,430

Mike24 // Wikimedia Commons
– Location: Los Gatos, CA
– Students: 3,520
– Student to teacher ratio: 22:1
– Reading proficient: 84%
– Math proficient: 74%
– Graduation rate: 97%
– Expenditure per student: $22,373
– Average teacher salary: $109,507
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teofilo // Wikimedia Commons
– Location: Colorado Springs, CO
– Students: 5,274
– Student to teacher ratio: 15:1
– Reading proficient: 69%
– Math proficient: 62%
– Graduation rate: 95%
– Expenditure per student: $12,794
– Average teacher salary: $49,119

WestportWiki // Wikimedia Commons
– Location: Westport, CT
– Students: 5,509
– Student to teacher ratio: 11:1
– Reading proficient: 85%
– Math proficient: 81%
– Graduation rate: 99%
– Expenditure per student: $24,436
– Average teacher salary: $78,283

LStockStudio // Shutterstock
– Location: Lewes, DE
– Students: 5,643
– Student to teacher ratio: 13:1
– Reading proficient: 63%
– Math proficient: 54%
– Graduation rate: 87%
– Expenditure per student: $27,295
– Average teacher salary: $54,163

Michael Rivera // Wikimedia Commons
– Location: St Augustine, FL
– Students: 41,897
– Student to teacher ratio: 18:1
– Reading proficient: 74%
– Math proficient: 79%
– Graduation rate: 93%
– Expenditure per student: $10,614
– Average teacher salary: $40,715

Thomson200 // Wikimedia Commons
– Location: Buford, GA
– Students: 4,966
– Student to teacher ratio: 12:1
– Reading proficient: 65%
– Math proficient: 75%
– Graduation rate: 93%
– Expenditure per student: $14,134
– Average teacher salary: $62,865
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Joel Bradshaw // Wikimedia Commons
– Location: Honolulu, HI
– Students: 181,278
– Student to teacher ratio: 15:1
– Reading proficient: 54%
– Math proficient: 42%
– Graduation rate: 84%
– Expenditure per student: $15,305
– Average teacher salary: $64,871

LStockStudio // Shutterstock
– Location: Mccall, ID
– Students: 1,285
– Student to teacher ratio: 16:1
– Reading proficient: 76%
– Math proficient: 64%
– Graduation rate: 92%
– Expenditure per student: $12,644
– Average teacher salary: $63,957

Monkey Business Images // Shutterstock
– Location: Lincolnshire, IL
– Students: 4,265
– Student to teacher ratio: 15:1
– Reading proficient: 77%
– Math proficient: 78%
– Graduation rate: 96%
– Expenditure per student: $27,205
– Average teacher salary: $93,403

Nyttend // Wikimedia Commons
– Location: West Lafayette, IN
– Students: 2,411
– Student to teacher ratio: 17:1
– Reading proficient: 84%
– Math proficient: 80%
– Graduation rate: 95%
– Expenditure per student: data unavailable
– Average teacher salary: data unavailable

Monkey Business Images // Shutterstock
– Location: Bettendorf, IA
– Students: 5,084
– Student to teacher ratio: 16:1
– Reading proficient: 90%
– Math proficient: 93%
– Graduation rate: 98%
– Expenditure per student: $12,790
– Average teacher salary: $62,711
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Axarchy // Wikimedia Commons
– Location: Overland Park, KS
– Students: 22,783
– Student to teacher ratio: 14:1
– Reading proficient: 63%
– Math proficient: 57%
– Graduation rate: 97%
– Expenditure per student: $12,597
– Average teacher salary: $52,026

David Prahl // Shutterstock
– Location: Fort Thomas, KY
– Students: 3,129
– Student to teacher ratio: 17:1
– Reading proficient: 79%
– Math proficient: 76%
– Graduation rate: 96%
– Expenditure per student: $13,947
– Average teacher salary: $61,062

kite studio // Shutterstock
– Location: Zachary, LA
– Students: 5,551
– Student to teacher ratio: 18:1
– Reading proficient: 84%
– Math proficient: 83%
– Graduation rate: 93%
– Expenditure per student: $11,024
– Average teacher salary: $63,115

Pat Shrader // Shutterstock
– Location: Yarmouth, ME
– Students: 1,652
– Student to teacher ratio: 13:1
– Reading proficient: 77%
– Math proficient: 70%
– Graduation rate: 95%
– Expenditure per student: $15,532
– Average teacher salary: $76,051

Wallstreethotrod // Wikimedia Commons
– Location: Ellicott City, MD
– Students: 57,907
– Student to teacher ratio: 13:1
– Reading proficient: 55%
– Math proficient: 59%
– Graduation rate: 92%
– Expenditure per student: $17,691
– Average teacher salary: $75,357
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Oksana Kuzmina // Shutterstock
– Location: Hopkinton, MA
– Students: 3,685
– Student to teacher ratio: 14:1
– Reading proficient: 81%
– Math proficient: 80%
– Graduation rate: 98%
– Expenditure per student: $21,205
– Average teacher salary: $90,157

transly // Wikimedia Commons
– Location: Novi, MI
– Students: 6,694
– Student to teacher ratio: 16:1
– Reading proficient: 58%
– Math proficient: 65%
– Graduation rate: 95%
– Expenditure per student: $15,743
– Average teacher salary: $64,153

Christopher Boswell // Shutterstock
– Location: Minnetonka, MN
– Students: 10,970
– Student to teacher ratio: 16:1
– Reading proficient: 82%
– Math proficient: 81%
– Graduation rate: 97%
– Expenditure per student: data unavailable
– Average teacher salary: $70,887

smolaw // Shutterstock
– Location: Petal, MS
– Students: 4,137
– Student to teacher ratio: 15:1
– Reading proficient: 62%
– Math proficient: 74%
– Graduation rate: 88%
– Expenditure per student: $9,121
– Average teacher salary: $45,799

Prostock-studio // Shutterstock
– Location: Clayton, MO
– Students: 2,644
– Student to teacher ratio: 11:1
– Reading proficient: 74%
– Math proficient: 74%
– Graduation rate: 99%
– Expenditure per student: $24,173
– Average teacher salary: $87,936
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Henryk Sadura // Shutterstock
– Location: Hobson, MT
– Students: 117
– Student to teacher ratio: 8:1
– Reading proficient: 65%
– Math proficient: 45%
– Graduation rate: data unavailable
– Expenditure per student: $20,536
– Average teacher salary: $47,034

Gorodenkoff // Shutterstock
– Location: Elkhorn, NE
– Students: 9,857
– Student to teacher ratio: 16:1
– Reading proficient: 81%
– Math proficient: 82%
– Graduation rate: 98%
– Expenditure per student: $12,789
– Average teacher salary: $52,076

Syda Productions // Shutterstock
– Location: Eureka, NV
– Students: 321
– Student to teacher ratio: 5:1
– Reading proficient: 67%
– Math proficient: 42%
– Graduation rate: data unavailable
– Expenditure per student: $31,373
– Average teacher salary: $86,955

lonndubh // Shutterstock
– Location: Hanover, NH
– Students: 1,125
– Student to teacher ratio: 11:1
– Reading proficient: 85%
– Math proficient: 76%
– Graduation rate: 95%
– Expenditure per student: $26,401
– Average teacher salary: $97,402

Henry Gray // Wikimedia Commons
– Location: Princeton, NJ
– Students: 3,809
– Student to teacher ratio: 11:1
– Reading proficient: 78%
– Math proficient: 65%
– Graduation rate: 96%
– Expenditure per student: $25,217
– Average teacher salary: $80,903
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C4dickson // Wikimedia Commons
– Location: Los Alamos, NM
– Students: 3,749
– Student to teacher ratio: 15:1
– Reading proficient: 57%
– Math proficient: 49%
– Graduation rate: 89%
– Expenditure per student: $12,679
– Average teacher salary: $53,559

Monkey Business Images // Shutterstock
– Location: Jericho, NY
– Students: 3,075
– Student to teacher ratio: 9:1
– Reading proficient: 88%
– Math proficient: 91%
– Graduation rate: 98%
– Expenditure per student: $36,392
– Average teacher salary: $131,477

Unknown // Wikimedia Commons
– Location: Chapel Hill, NC
– Students: 12,422
– Student to teacher ratio: 14:1
– Reading proficient: 67%
– Math proficient: 59%
– Graduation rate: 90%
– Expenditure per student: $13,086
– Average teacher salary: $45,683

Rido // Shutterstock
– Location: Edmore, ND
– Students: 50
– Student to teacher ratio: 4:1
– Reading proficient: 75%
– Math proficient: 65%
– Graduation rate: data unavailable
– Expenditure per student: $28,918
– Average teacher salary: $39,357

LightField Studios // Shutterstock
– Location: Cincinnati, OH
– Students: 2,037
– Student to teacher ratio: 13:1
– Reading proficient: 92%
– Math proficient: 92%
– Graduation rate: 95%
– Expenditure per student: $19,658
– Average teacher salary: $78,941
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Rido // Shutterstock
– Location: Jenks, OK
– Students: 12,465
– Student to teacher ratio: 17:1
– Reading proficient: 44%
– Math proficient: 42%
– Graduation rate: 89%
– Expenditure per student: $9,864
– Average teacher salary: $40,194

Bentoman // Wikimedia Commons
– Location: Lake Oswego, OR
– Students: 7,066
– Student to teacher ratio: 20:1
– Reading proficient: 85%
– Math proficient: 75%
– Graduation rate: 93%
– Expenditure per student: $11,810
– Average teacher salary: $63,837

Syda Productions // Shutterstock
– Location: Wayne, PA
– Students: 3,682
– Student to teacher ratio: 13:1
– Reading proficient: 89%
– Math proficient: 79%
– Graduation rate: 98%
– Expenditure per student: $23,994
– Average teacher salary: $95,865

0xF8E8 // Wikimedia Commons
– Location: Barrington, RI
– Students: 3,343
– Student to teacher ratio: 14:1
– Reading proficient: 71%
– Math proficient: 63%
– Graduation rate: 97%
– Expenditure per student: $15,529
– Average teacher salary: $87,640

wavebreakmedia // Shutterstock
– Location: Fort Mill, SC
– Students: 16,081
– Student to teacher ratio: 15:1
– Reading proficient: 68%
– Math proficient: 73%
– Graduation rate: 94%
– Expenditure per student: $15,825
– Average teacher salary: $53,305
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Lincoln Beddoe // Shutterstock
– Location: Brandon, SD
– Students: 4,284
– Student to teacher ratio: 18:1
– Reading proficient: 75%
– Math proficient: 68%
– Graduation rate: 96%
– Expenditure per student: $9,699
– Average teacher salary: $49,540

Rawpixel.com // Shutterstock
– Location: Collierville, TN
– Students: 9,096
– Student to teacher ratio: 16:1
– Reading proficient: 60%
– Math proficient: 60%
– Graduation rate: 95%
– Expenditure per student: $15,810
– Average teacher salary: $54,202

Larry D. Moore // Wikimedia Commons
– Location: Austin, TX
– Students: 8,132
– Student to teacher ratio: 14:1
– Reading proficient: 80%
– Math proficient: 81%
– Graduation rate: 98%
– Expenditure per student: $24,109
– Average teacher salary: $51,587

Yuganov Konstantin // Shutterstock
– Location: Layton, UT
– Students: 875
– Student to teacher ratio: 22:1
– Reading proficient: 74%
– Math proficient: 72%
– Graduation rate: 95%
– Expenditure per student: $6,834
– Average teacher salary: $34,263

David Prahl // Shutterstock
– Location: South Burlington, VT
– Students: 2,759
– Student to teacher ratio: 13:1
– Reading proficient: 71%
– Math proficient: 59%
– Graduation rate: 91%
– Expenditure per student: $22,235
– Average teacher salary: $79,969
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Monkey Business Images // Shutterstock
– Location: Falls Church, VA
– Students: 2,620
– Student to teacher ratio: 14:1
– Reading proficient: 92%
– Math proficient: 82%
– Graduation rate: 97%
– Expenditure per student: data unavailable
– Average teacher salary: $95,479

Architectsea // Wikimedia Commons
– Location: Mercer Island, WA
– Students: 4,522
– Student to teacher ratio: 18:1
– Reading proficient: 87%
– Math proficient: 83%
– Graduation rate: 96%
– Expenditure per student: $15,721
– Average teacher salary: $73,066

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– Location: Morgantown, WV
– Students: 11,679
– Student to teacher ratio: 15:1
– Reading proficient: 54%
– Math proficient: 50%
– Graduation rate: 90%
– Expenditure per student: $13,372
– Average teacher salary: $51,077

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– Location: Brookfield, WI
– Students: 7,334
– Student to teacher ratio: 15:1
– Reading proficient: 63%
– Math proficient: 68%
– Graduation rate: 96%
– Expenditure per student: $14,092
– Average teacher salary: $80,756

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– Location: Sheridan, WY
– Students: 3,532
– Student to teacher ratio: 14:1
– Reading proficient: 75%
– Math proficient: 72%
– Graduation rate: 89%
– Expenditure per student: $15,520
– Average teacher salary: $69,785
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Princeton professors J. Richard Gott and Robert Vanderbei worked with Drexel professor David Goldberg to create a revolutionary new map: a two-sided disk that can slip inside a textbook or be stacked neatly for storage. It provides more accurate distances than any existing flat map, while keeping visual distortions at a minimum.
For centuries, mapmakers have agonized over how to accurately display our round planet on anything other than a globe.
Now, a fundamental re-imagining of how maps can work has resulted in the most accurate flat map ever made, from a trio of map experts: J. Richard Gott, an emeritus professor of astrophysics at Princeton and creator of a logarithmic map of the universe once described as “arguably the most mind-bending map to date”; Robert Vanderbei, a professor of operations research and financial engineering who created the “Purple America” map of election results; and David Goldberg, a professor of physics at Drexel University.
Their new map is two-sided and round, like a phonograph record or vinyl LP. Like many radical developments, it seems obvious in hindsight. Why not have a two-sided map that shows both sides of the globe? It breaks away from the limits of two dimensions without losing any of the logistical convenience — storage and manufacture — of a flat map.
“This is a map you can hold in your hand,” Gott said.
In 2007, Goldberg and Gott invented a system to score existing maps, quantifying the six types of distortions that flat maps can introduce: local shapes, areas, distances, flexion (bending), skewness (lopsidedness) and boundary cuts (continuity gaps). The lower the score, the better: a globe would have a score of 0.0.
“One can’t make everything perfect,” said Gott, who is also a 1973 graduate alumnus of Princeton. “A map that is good at one thing may not be good at depicting other things.” The Mercator projection, popular on classroom walls and used as the basis for Google maps, is excellent at depicting local shapes, but it distorts surface areas so badly near the North and South Poles that polar regions are usually simply chopped off.
In the Mercator projection, the polar regions are completely distorted — Antarctica looks bigger than all other continents combined — and distances are misleading: Japan and Hawaii look very far apart. Under the system designed by Goldberg and Gott to quantify map errors, where lower numbers represent less distortion, the Mercator projection receives a score of 8.296.
Using their metrics, the best previously known flat map projection was the Winkel Tripel, with a Goldberg-Gott score of 4.563. But that still had the “boundary cut” problem of splitting the Pacific Ocean and creating the illusion of great distance between Asia and Hawaii.
The Winkel Tripel projection, chosen by the National Geographic for its world maps, represents the poles more accurately than the Mercator, but it still distorts Antarctica badly and creates the illusion that Japan is hugely to the east of California, instead of its nearest neighbor to the west. Goldberg-Gott score: 4.563
Clearly, a completely new approach was needed. Gott drew a comparison to Olympic high jumpers: In 1968, Dick Fosbury shocked sports fans by arching his back and jumping over the bar backwards. He set a new record and won a gold medal, and high jumpers have jumped backwards ever since.
“We’re like Mr. Fosbury,” Gott said. “We’re doing this to break a record, to make the flat map with the least error possible. So, like him, we’re surprising folks. We’re proposing a radically different kind of map, and we beat Winkel Tripel on each and every one of the six errors.”
The inspiration came from Gott’s work on polyhedra — solid figures with many faces.
Polyhedral maps are nothing new — in 1943, Buckminster Fuller broke the world into regular shapes, and provided instructions for how to fold it up and assemble it as a polyhedral globe — but while he could protect the shapes of continents, Fuller shredded the oceans and increased many distances, such as between Australia and Antarctica.
Buckminster Fuller popularized the “Dymaxion” polyhedral projection, based on an unfolded icosahedron. Antarctica is “round, as it properly should be,” said Gott, but this projection “shatters” the oceans. Goldberg-Gott score: greater than 15
In a recent paper, Gott began considering “envelope polyhedra,” with regular shapes glued together back-to-back, which led to the breakthrough idea for the double-sided map.
It can be displayed with the Eastern and Western Hemispheres on the two sides, or in Gott’s preferred orientation, the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, which conveniently allows the equator to run around the edge. Either way, this is a map with no boundary cuts. To measure distances from one side to the other, you can use string or measuring tape reaching from one side of the disk to the other, he suggested.
“If you’re an ant, you can crawl from one side of this ‘phonograph record’ to the other,” Gott said. “We have continuity over the equator. Africa and South America are draped over the edge, like a sheet over a clothesline, but they’re continuous.”
This double-sided map has smaller distance errors than any single-sided flat map — the previous record-holder being a 2007 map by Gott with Charles Mugnolo, a 2005 Princeton alumnus. In fact, this map is remarkable in having an upper boundary on distance errors: It is impossible for distances to be off by more than ± 22.2%. By comparison, in the Mercator and Winkel Tripel projections, as well as others, distance errors become enormous approaching the poles and essentially infinite from the left to the right margins (which are far apart on the map but directly adjacent on the globe). In addition, areas at the edge are only 1.57 times larger than at the center.
Gott, Goldberg and Vanderbei’s revolutionary, double-sided disk map minimizes all six types of map distortions. They used an equidistant azimuthal projection: a compromise projection, like the Winkel Tripel, with small errors in both local shapes and areas, instead of optimizing one at the expense of the other. Antarctica and Australia are more accurately represented than in most other maps, and distances across oceans or across poles are both accurate and easy to measure, unlike one-sided flat maps. Goldberg-Gott error score: 0.881
The map can be printed front-and-back on a single magazine page, ready for the reader to cut out. The three cartographers imagine printing their maps on cardboard or plastic and then stacking them like records, to be stored together in a box or slipped inside the covers of textbooks.
“A thin box could hold flat, double-sided maps of all the major planets and moons in the solar system,” Gott said, “or a stack of Earth maps giving physical data, political boundaries, population density, climate, languages, explorers’ voyages, empires at different historical periods or continents at different geological epochs.”
To the best of their knowledge, no one has ever made double-sided maps for accuracy like this before. A 1993 compendium of nearly 200 map projections dating back 2,000 years did not include any, nor did they find any similar patents.
“Our map is actually more like the globe than other flat maps,” Gott said. “To see all of the globe, you have to rotate it; to see all of our new map, you simply have to flip it over.”
“Flat maps that improve on the Winkel Tripel,” by J. Richard Gott III, David M. Goldberg and Robert J. Vanderbei, was published on Arxiv on Feb. 15. You can see and interact with their double-disk maps of Earth, Mars, Jupiter, the sun, and other heavenly bodies at this interactive tool on Vanderbei’s website.

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NEW JERSEY — Two Garden State public schools rank among the top 20 districts in the country, according to the latest ranking by data compiler Niche.

Niche released its 2022 Best Schools and Districts Ranking on Monday. The K-12 school rankings include updated data for 94,491 public schools, 2,489 private schools, and 11,846 school districts nationwide.
Millburn Township School District and Northern Valley Regional High School District were ranked 15th and 18th nationally. Both received an overall grade of A+. Two Illinois school districts took the top two spots, with a New York school rounding off the top three.
Here are the top 2o school districts in the country:
Each school district received a letter grade in the following categories: Academics; Diversity; Teachers; College Prep; Clubs & Activities; Health & Safety; Administration; Sports; Food; and Resources & Facilities.

Statewide, Millburn and Northern Valley Regional took the top spot followed by Princeton Public Schools. Last year, PPS was the number one school district in New Jersey, but this year, they were upstaged by Millburn Township School District.
To arrive at the rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data, and ratings collected from Niche users. (You can read more about the methodology here.)

“Our 2022 rankings come at a time when so many parents are curious about the different options for their children’s education, including some they may never have considered before,” Niche founder and CEO Luke Skurman said in a statement.
“No matter where they are in their search process, we strive to be a reliable guide and resource. It is truly an honor to know our users trust us to play a key role in such a big life decision.”
Here are New Jersey’s Top 10 school districts:
The most significant change to the methodology in 2022 was a de-emphasis of SAT and ACT scores. Any factor for test scores has been reduced by one-third.
Niche said it chose to alter the methodology for several reasons, including acknowledgment of socioeconomic and racial disparities perpetuated by standardized tests; challenges making appointments to test in-person due to the coronavirus pandemic, and an increasing number of institutions adopting test-optional policies.
To see a full list of New Jersey’s 2022 Best Schools rankings, visit: https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-school-districts/s/new-jersey.
To see the nationwide ranking, visit: https://www.niche.com/k12/rankings.
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