The snake eagle family of birds are ophiophagous, and the secretary bird is one of the most well-known snake-eating birds. Many larger wading birds, such as herons and egrets, will also eat any snakes they can catch. Raptors, including hawks and owls, will also catch and eat snakes. of 12.
THE MOVEMENT TO HAVE TEACHING CURSIVE RESTORED. States that adopted Common Core aren't precluded from deviating from the standards. But in the world of education, where classroom time is limited and performance stakes are high, optional offerings tend to get sidelined in favor of what's required. That's why at least seven states â California, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Utah â have moved to keep the cursive requirement. Legislation passed in North Carolina and elsewhere couples cursive with memorization of multiplication tables as twin back to basics mandates.
âOur board of education has taken a very strong stance against standardized testing,â said Salvatore Goncalves, superintendent of the Bloomfield School District, who added that there was âno doubtâ children were being tested too much. On Monday morning, a few hundred students will file into classrooms at Bloomfield Middle School, open laptops and begin a new standardized test, one mandated across New Jersey and several other states for the first time this year. About a dozen of their classmates, however, will be elsewhere.