#factoftheday — Public Fediverse posts
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The funeral procession of Józef Piłsudski was the largest public funeral in Poland’s history.
A statesman and pivotal figure in Poland’s independence, Marshal Piłsudski’s funeral procession in Kraków in 1935 was attended by an estimated 300 000 people.
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We still understand little of the Etruscan language.
Although the Etruscans influenced the ancient Greeks and Romans —the Romans even used Etruscan characters to create our current Latin script— we only have limited understanding of the Etruscan language.
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The phrase ‘Survival of the fittest’ was not coined by Charles Darwin, as often thought, but by philosopher Herbert Spencer.
Darwin coined ‘Natural selection’; Spencer’s description wrongly suggests that evolution favours those that ‘are the best’, instead of ‘the best adapted’.
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#FactOfTheDay: Child care consumes a large share of family income among those who pay for services—between 8% and 19.3% of median family income per child—according to a U.S. Department of Labor blog.
Learn more: https://blog.dol.gov/2023/01/24/new-childcare-data-shows-prices-are-untenable-for-families#EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation #Preschool #Kindergarten #LearningLoss #Data #Trends #COVID19 #Pandemic
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#FactOfTheDay: Riverside and San Bernardino had preschool or kindergarten enrollment rates lower than 42%, and licensed child care availability lower than 15%, in 2021.
Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/blog/?p=10707#EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation #Preschool #Kindergarten #LearningLoss #Data #Trends #COVID19 #Pandemic @edutooters
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#FactOfTheDay: In 2021, an estimated 51% of California children ages 3 to 5 were enrolled in preschool or kindergarten, DOWN from pre-pandemic levels of more than 60%.
Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/blog/?p=10707#EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation #Preschool #Kindergarten #LearningLoss #Data #Trends #COVID19 #Pandemic @edutooters
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#FactOfTheDay: In 2021, licensed child care spaces were NOT available for more than 75% of children with working parents in California.
#Childcare #Preschool #EarlyEducation #WorkingFamilies #WorkingParents
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#FactOfTheDay: San Francisco County has California's highest estimated median cost of childcare for preschoolers at a licensed childcare facility: $19,591 a year.
Learn more:
https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/1849/child-care-cost/map#loct=3&fmt=3094&tf=141&ch=984,222¢er=-13325098.893387,4509031.392449&zoom=1#Childcare #Preschool #EarlyEducation #WorkingFamilies #WorkingParents