Over the course of the pandemic, culture wars have made their way into America’s classrooms and tasked superintendents with addressing issues from mask mandates to race relations. As a result, school district administrators have left the public education sector in a “great exodus.” Those resignations show no sign of stopping, a new report released Thursday reveals. The poll, conducted by education company EAB, found that 46 percent of superintendents are considering or planning to leave their role in the next two to three years and that more than a third of experienced superintendents, those with six or more years of tenure, are planning on retiring within that time frame....

About time, right? But this weekend in Cooperstown wasn’t just a long-awaited celebration for Raines and his family and friends and fans. No, this was a celebration of Tim Raines. Seriously. His fellow Hall of Famers couldn’t stop gushing about Raines, as a player or a person, all weekend. FAGAN: Baseball needs to make signature celebrations more visible “He was electrifying. Just electrifying,” Ozzie Smith told Sporting News before his annual Play Ball with Ozzie Smith fundraiser in Cooperstown on Friday morning....

His condition was not immediately known. The Braves have not released a statement. The Associated Press reported Wednesday that Braves manager Brian Snitker, who served as a coach under Cox, said he reached out to Cox’s family and was “very concerned,” but couldn’t say more about his condition. Cox, 77, attended the Braves’ home opener Monday at SunTrust Park and gave a ceremonial command to “Play ball.” PHOTOS: Ten greatest Braves of all time Cox managed the Braves to 14 consecutive division championships from 1991 through 2005 (not counting the 1994 strike season), five National League pennants and the 1995 World Series championship....

With training camp now two weeks away, we’re taking one last chance to rehash all that went down in a blur of an offseason. Defining success is all relative when trying to gauge the success of any offseason, and it’s important to keep in mind the shifting priorities and realistic expectations weighed by each franchise. For some teams, sitting idly by and making minor tweaks is the best way to chart a course to contention....

The Manchester United midfielder’s dad passed away in May 2017 and would have turned 80 on Tuesday. Following his goal, Pogba lifted up his jersey to reveal a message in French that translates as “Happy Birthday, Dad. May Allah have mercy on him”. He later added on Twitter: “Happy birthday Dad, merci for watching over me and my brothers @equipedefrance great win team!” Pogba, whose form at Old Trafford has faced severe scrutiny of late, scored and assisted a goal in an international match for the first time, with Kylian Mbappe scoring twice at Krestovsky Stadium....

Firing Roenicke was a totally reasonable call by Milwaukee. The Brewers had a 31-48 finish to last season, blowing a 6.5-game lead in the National League Central to fall out of the playoffs. They started this year at 7-18, a 45-win pace. MORE: SN’s MLB manager rankings While it might seem like a quick hook, the decision makes sense: The Brewers already have pretty much buried themselves, trailing the Cardinals by 11....

The report by Britain’s Home Office–submitted as part of a recent court case and obtained by NEWSWEEK–underscores the resiliency of Western-based Islamic terrorist movements even when their leaders are arrested, prosecuted and sentenced to years in prison. More importantly, it also suggests that some U.S. officials may misunderstand the fundamental nature of the enemy they are dealing with in the war on terror. Whatever the current state of Al Qaeda, the report says, an even more dangerous threat may come from “nonaligned mujahedin” groups who are only loosely affiliated with Osama bin Laden’s organization but cooperate with it on a case-by-case basis across international boundaries in the furtherance of common goals....

Sixteen million tons of sodium chloride was dumped on U.S. roads in 2001. And while all that salt helps keep our roads safe, the salty runoff does have harmful environmental consequences. It stays in water ecosystems for years, possibly drying or killing plants and hurting fish if the concentrations get too high. Other salt dangers are pretty minimal: car manufacturers now dip metal in a zinc sealant to combat salt corrosion and groundwater contamination is rare thanks to better salt-storage and drainage systems....

Schmitt was speaking at the Starmus Festival held in Zurich, Switzerland, last month when he started talking about his experience of walking on the Moon. The 84-year-old, who was part of the Apollo 17 mission, landed on the lunar surface on December 11, 1972. Schmitt was a geologist and was responsible for collecting samples from the Moon, including Troctolite 76535, which NASA says is “without doubt the most interesting sample returned from the Moon....

Hope springs eternal if you’re a neutral third-party and cheer for comical ineptitude and unmitigated disaster, anyway. I was hoping we would cross this bridge, in solidarity, as we mocked the inevitable Dave Bolland extension in Toronto. Never did I think Ron Hextall would give us all the opportunity to sink our teeth into a Scott Hartnell-for-R.J. Umberger swap. It’s almost unbelievable. Almost. There’s no need to convince anyone on Scott Hartnell as a player....

Who could have made Messi even better? The former Manchester United defender was embroiled in a race row with Suarez during his time at Liverpool, which led to the Uruguayan receiving a hefty punishment from the FA. But on Thursday, Evra seemingly held out an olive branch when he posted a photo of the striker on Instagram. “In my instagram there is only love, never hate,” the Juventus fullback wrote on the social network....

Modric whipped his penalty past Alisson Becker and celebrated with a roaring uppercut as Croatia buried Brazil in the quarterfinals and setup a last-four showdown with Lionel Messi and Argentina. The Real Madrid icon will go down as perhaps the greatest midfielder of his generation regardless, but glory in Qatar would propel him to footballing immortality. Although Modric has played at the top level for almost 15 years, there is still more history to be written by this playmaking pass-master....

Any sporting clash between the United States and their English counterparts has plenty of revolutionary precedent. But the question remains: can the plucky Americans beat their more established cousins from across the pond? Perhaps the best way to answer that is to look at history. While the Stars and Stripes haven’t been much of a soccer power (at least in the men’s game) over the years, they have faced off against their British brethren more than a few times....

What can we expect from the new season of Patriot Act? We’ll obviously be covering stuff pertinent to the new reality that we’re living in, a post-Covid-19 world. But also topics that are still very relevant to our lives—health care, education, international politics. How has the coronavirus impacted how you’ll cover things like the upcoming presidential election? The silver lining to this pandemic is that it’s really pulled into focus what fundamentally matters, and it’s grounded a lot of things that were just previously vague talking points that politicians would throw around....

The economic data comes from a gauge, created by University of Hawaii researchers, which displays weekly levels of improvement or decline based on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Metrics include counts of open businesses, payroll processing volume, unemployment benefit claims and arrivals into the state by airport, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. “You want information where you are right now,” Peter Fuleky, a research economist with the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO), told the Star-Advertiser....

“It’s the biggest (fire) we’ve ever had on this island,” Mitch Roth, Big Island’s mayor said. “With the drought conditions that we’ve had, it is of concern. You see something like this where you’re putting thousands of homes in danger, it’s very concerning.” Firefighters have gained more control over the wildfire since it forced thousands to evacuate over the weekend, but officials warned that strong winds on Tuesday could raise the danger again....

Luiz suffered a fractured wrist in last weekend’s 0-0 draw with Arsenal, while Pedro picked up a minor knock in Saturday’s 4-0 win over Stoke. Hazard, meanwhile, made his first start of the season in the 5-1 EFL Cup win over Nottingham Forest on Wednesday after breaking his ankle in June. “David is an important player for us, he is a generous player and always available,” Conte said. “This type of injury won’t stop him....

The forward fractured his right ankle while on Belgium duty in June, but was used by his country in World Cup qualifiers against Gibraltar and Greece during the recent international break. Conte was initially baffled by his call up before admitting his minutes for Belgium may be of benefit to the Premier League champions. And the Italian is now pondering how best to use Hazard for the first time this season at the King Power Stadium on Saturday....