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According to a 2005 report from the OECD, the United States is tied for first place with Switzerland when it comes to annual spending per student on its public schools, with each of those two countries spending more than $11,000. [1] However, the United States is ranked 37th in the world in education spending as a percentage of gross domestic ...
Timothy James Walz (/ w ɔː l z / ⓘ WAWLZ; born April 6, 1964) is an American politician, former schoolteacher, and retired U.S. Army non-commissioned officer who has served as the 41st governor of Minnesota since 2019.
She and Sarah Bacon, her best friend and diving partner, qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 3 meter synchronized springboard event for the United States. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] On July 27, 2024, Cook and Bacon won the first medals for the United States at the 2024 Olympics, silver in the 3 meter synchronized springboard event.
List of U.S. national parks Name Image Location Date established as park [12] Area (2023) [8] Recreation visitors (2022) [11] Description Acadia: Maine: February 26, 1919
Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States in North America.The Golden Isles of Georgia lie off the coast of the state. The main geographical features include mountains such as the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians in the northwest, the Blue Ridge Mountains in the northeast, the Piedmont plateau in the central portion of the state and Coastal Plain in the south.
During colonial times, English speech regulations were rather restrictive.The English criminal common law of seditious libel made criticizing the government a crime. Lord Chief Justice John Holt, writing in 1704–1705, explained the rationale for the prohibition: "For it is very necessary for all governments that the people should have a good opinion of it."
John Henry Heinz (1811–1891), immigrated to the United States in 1840, married Anna Margaretha Schmidt (1822–1899), emigrated to the United States in 1840 [46] Henry John Heinz (1844–1919), founder of the Heinz company [47] Johannes Trump (1789–1835), married Susanna Maria Bechtloff
Lake Michigan is the only one of the Great Lakes that is entirely within the United States; the others form a water boundary between the United States and Canada. The lakes are divided among the jurisdictions of the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New ...