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56-691: Ocean Township High School ( OTHS ) is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township , in Monmouth County , in the U.S. state of New Jersey , operating as the lone secondary school in the Ocean Township School District . OTHS serves residents of all neighborhoods within Ocean Township, including Oakhurst, Wanamassa , Wayside and West Allenhurst . As of

112-669: A Webby Award for "Best News Site" in 2012 and 2013. Also in 2012 John Avlon won National Society of Newspaper Columnists' award for best online column in 2012 for The Daily Beast . In March 2012, "Book Beast" won a National Magazine Award for Website Department, which "honors a department, channel or microsite". Anna Nemstova received the Courage in Journalism Award in 2015 from the International Women's Media Foundation . Also that year, Michael Daly won with

168-622: A 1962 referendum allocating $ 3 million (equivalent to $ 30.2 million in 2023) towards the construction of a high school facility. The school opened in September 1965, serving more than 1,300 students in grades 7–11, which included students in grades 10 and 11 who had previously been sent out of the district for high school. Ocean Township shifted 600 students from Asbury Park to the new high school, with about 300 Ocean Township seniors completing their final year at Asbury Park High School. The school graduated its first class in 1967. Over time,

224-454: A 300% increase in the overall size of its social media community. In 2015, Ken Doctor, a news analyst for Nieman Lab , reported that The Daily Beast is "one of the fastest-growing news and information sites year-over-year in the 'General News' category". During Avlon's leadership from 2013 to 2018, The Daily Beast doubled its traffic to 1.1 million readers a day and won over 17 awards for journalistic excellence. The Daily Beast won

280-425: A dual credit program called MODEL to AP students. The school's average graduation rate for the past two years is 99% and 97% of students go on to post secondary education. The school's Family and Consumer Science kitchens, for culinary instruction, were remodeled in 2005. Over 93% of Ocean's teachers are at or above intermediate skill levels in the use of technology. Ocean Township's students leaving eighth grade had

336-513: A few things well: They bang the phones, they don't always follow the same story everyone else is doing, and they are fast." Later in 2018, editor-in-chief Noah Shachtman characterized The Daily Beast as a "high-end tabloid " that embraces gonzo journalism . According to Shachtman, The Daily Beast ' s social media policy for journalists consists (as of 2018) of three main rules: "you're reporters, not cheerleaders" so do not be an open partisan; avoid hate speech and posts that could offend

392-477: A group; and "don't get your fellow reporters in trouble". A feature of The Daily Beast is the Cheat Sheet , billed as "must reads from all over". Published throughout the day, the Cheat Sheet offers a selection of articles from online news outlets on popular stories. The Cheat Sheet includes brief summaries of the article, and a link to read the full text of the article on the website of its provider. It

448-549: A joint ice hockey team with Monmouth Regional High School and Shore Regional High School . The co-op program operates under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year. The field hockey team won the Central Jersey Group III state sectional championship in 1980, 1985, 1997 and 2001. The field hockey team was the runner-up in the 2020 COVID-19 Regional Championship, behind Rumson-Fair Haven High School . The 1980 boys' tennis team won

504-682: A lengthy period of intense reflection". Andrew M. Seaman, ethics committee chair for the Society of Professional Journalists , called the article "journalistic trash, unethical and dangerous". The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association stated "The reporting was unethical, extremely careless of individual privacy and potentially dangerous to the athletes". Vince Gonzales, professor of professional practice at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism wrote "I think this borders on journalistic malpractice". The president of GLAAD , Sarah Kate Ellis , wrote "How this reporter thought it

560-530: A new record of 21 million unique visitors – a 60% year-over-year increase in readers, accompanied by a 300% increase in the overall size of its social media community. In May 2018, Avlon departed from the Beast to become full-time Senior Political Analyst and anchor at CNN . Avlon was succeeded by executive editor Noah Shachtman . In March 2017, former chief strategy and product officer Mike Dyer left for Intel . In May 2017, Heather Dietrick

616-599: A video of a politician appearing to be drunk". The Daily Wire editor-in-chief Ben Shapiro said on Laura Ingraham 's The Ingraham Angle on June 3 that "My impression was that if you are posting anonymously on Facebook, then it's not really within Facebook's purview to start handing that information to media outlets, but I guess that isn't true". Other journalists who criticized The Daily Beast include freelance journalist and former The Young Turks journalist Michael Tracey , who said on Twitter that "No one on

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672-520: Is "not for sale." In April 2024, Diller hired Ben Sherwood as chief executive and publisher, and Joanna Coles as chief creative and content officer. Employees were offered voluntary buyouts in May in an effort to cut costs. About 70% of unionized workers took the buyout, including almost all of the Beast 's senior staffers. In an April 2018 interview, Avlon described the publication's political stance as "non-partisan but not neutral": "what that means

728-545: Is a way to group students into different class levels based on their academic abilities in comprehensive high school. For example, the English course is a mandatory course for all students; there are four tracks: gifted, advanced, average, and remedial. This tracking system allows teachers to guide students more efficiently with customized learning needs and speeds and make sure students match courses with their ability levels. However, it also brings equity problems that reinforce

784-586: Is found at www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet. After the launch, the site introduced additional sections, including a video Cheat Sheet and Book Beast . The site frequently creates encyclopedic landing pages on topical subjects such as President Obama's inauguration , the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme , and the Iran uprising. In 2014, The Daily Beast became the majority on mobile and released an iOS app, which Nieman Lab described as "the dawn of

840-514: Is important to incorporate digital learning tools and personalized education plans, which allow a more equitable education system and ensure all students can access high-quality education. This article relating to education in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Daily Beast The Daily Beast is an American news website focused on politics, media, and pop culture. Founded in 2008,

896-410: Is more likely to happen bullying issues, and schools in low-income areas tend to have bullying in school. The future of comprehensive high schools may involve reforms that deal with the limitations of the current tracking systems. By reducing the hierarchy of tracks and implementing more flexible courses, comprehensive high schools will be more supportive of students from diverse backgrounds. Also, it

952-473: Is we're going to hit both sides where appropriate, but we're not going for mythic moral equivalence on every issue." In April 2017, Avlon discussed the organization's approach on the Poynter Institute 's podcast saying, "We're not going to toe any partisan line." In December 2017, NPR reported that The Daily Beast ' s editor-in-chief John Avlon had begun pairing reporters from both

1008-551: The Miami Herald . Shafer also discovered that Posner had plagiarized content from a Miami Herald blog, a Miami Herald editorial, Texas Lawyer magazine and a health care journalism blog. Posner was dismissed from The Daily Beast following an internal review. On August 11, 2016, The Daily Beast published an article entitled "I Got Three Grindr Dates in an Hour in the Olympic Village", written by Nico Hines,

1064-469: The Beast ' s "strike zone" as "politics, pop culture, and power". The Daily Beast began publishing on October 6, 2008. Its founding editor was Tina Brown , a former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker as well as the short-lived Talk magazine. The name of the site was taken from a fictional newspaper in Evelyn Waugh 's novel Scoop . In 2010, The Daily Beast merged with

1120-458: The 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,021 students and 103.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.9:1. There were 200 students (19.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 46 (4.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. As of the 2013–14 school year there were 18 Advanced Placement (AP) courses offered. In conjunction with Monmouth University , Ocean Township High School offers

1176-509: The 7th and 8th grade students were moved to other schools. Beginning in the 1975–76 school year, with the opening of the then 7-9 Ocean Township Intermediate School, the school only served 10–12, with the freshman class returning to OTHS for the 1978–79 school year. At the end of the 2016–17 school year, Loch Arbour left the Ocean Township district after getting approval from the New Jersey Department of Education and following

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1232-512: The Group III state championship in 1992 and 1993. The football team won the Central Jersey Group III state sectional championships in 1993, 2000 and 2005. After losing all four of its previous state finals, the 1993 team finished the season with an 11–0 record after winning the Central Jersey Group III state sectional title in front of more than 6,000 spectators with a 20–12 victory against a Long Branch High School team that came undefeated into

1288-500: The Group III state championship in 1996 (defeating Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School in the tournament final) and 2018 (vs. Millburn High School ). The 1996 team finished the season with a 16–6 record after defeating Scotch Plains-Fanwood by a score of 2–0 in the Group III championship game. In 2018, the team won the Shore Conference Tournament with a 1–0 overtime win against Christian Brothers Academy and won

1344-411: The Group III state championship, defeating Moorestown High School 3 1 ⁄ 2 -1 1 ⁄ 2 and Millburn High School 4–1. The 1985 baseball team finished the season with a 24–6 record after defeating Montville Township High School in the championship game by a score of 3–0 to win the Group III state title in a game played at Princeton University . The girls cross country running team won

1400-853: The National Society of Newspaper Columnists award in the category of Online, Blog, Multimedia – Over 100,000 Unique Visitors. In 2016, the Los Angeles Press Club nominated several of The Beast's writers including M. L. Nestel for Arts/Entertainment Investigative, Brandy Zadrozny and Ben Collins for best Celebrity Investigative, Malcolm Jones for best Obituary, Lizzie Crocker for Humor and Tim Teeman for Industry/ArtsHard News. Also nominated for best in field were Kevin Fallon for Industry/Arts Soft News and Melissa Leon for Industry/Arts Soft News. The Association of LGBTQ Journalists or NLGJA nominated both Tim Teeman 2016 Journalist of

1456-651: The Year and Heather Boerner Excellence in HIV/AIDS Coverage. In 2017, NLGJA awarded Jay Michaelson for his coverage of GOP anti-LGBT legislation and Tim Teeman for reporting on ALS. In 2017, the website won three New York Press Club Journalism Awards in the internet publishing categories of Entertainment News, Crime Reporting and Travel Reporting. In December, the Los Angeles Press Club's National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards announced

1512-420: The academic divisions in the education system. There are critics of the tracking system that it affects students placed on lower tracks by providing less challenging education, lowering their self-worth and self-esteem, which can restrict their potential academic achievement, personal growth, and future aspirations. Other than the comprehensive high school, there are many other types of high schools. Studies show

1568-409: The article, noting that the fake video had reached "the highest levels of power, with Rudy Giuliani himself tweeting it out" and therefore, according to Shachtman, it was worth identifying the creator of the fake video. Shachtman said Poulsen spoke with Brooks in an on-the-record interview for an hour. In August 2021, The Daily Beast published an article criticizing Mayim Bialik 's appointment as

1624-425: The championship game. As the tournament's seventh seed, Ocean Township High School defeated Nottingham High School (Hamilton High School North) by a score of 41–20 in the 2005 Central Jersey Group III sectional final. The softball team won the Group III state title in 1993, defeating Ramsey High School by a score of 5–3 in the championship game to finish the season with a record of 25–4. The boys' soccer team won

1680-400: The comprehensive high school. Other than studying the outcomes, researchers examined the bullying problem between these two types of high schools and revealed that students in career academy high schools experience less bullying than students in comprehensive high schools. The potential factors are the size of the school and income level. Comprehensive high schools are usually larger, which

1736-477: The difference in multiple aspects of the difference comparing comprehensive high schools and STEM-focused high schools or career academy high schools. In comparison with STEM -focused high schools , comprehensive high schools don't show a significant difference in providing STEM opportunities for students, which breaks people's assumption that specialized programs must offer more in that area. In comparison with career academy high schools , researchers compared

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1792-581: The fake video, despite admitting to being one of the administrators of the group that originally posted the video, Politics WatchDog, and blamed a "female admin" of the group. Brooks also said that he would sue The Daily Beast and Poulsen for publishing "inaccurate trash", and created a GoFundMe page to raise money for legal costs , with a goal of raising $ 10,000. As of the morning of June 3, 2019, he had raised more than $ 4,400. The Intercept co-founder Glenn Greenwald criticized The Daily Beast for revealing Brooks' identity, saying on Twitter that it

1848-575: The magazine Newsweek creating a combined company, The Newsweek Daily Beast Company . The merger ended in 2013, when Daily Beast owner IAC sold Newsweek to IBT Media , owner of the International Business Times . Brown stepped down as editor in September 2013. John Avlon , an American journalist and political commentator as well as a CNN contributor, was the site's editor-in-chief and managing director from 2013 to 2018. In September 2014, The Daily Beast reached

1904-942: The mathematics (83.8%) and language arts literacy (93.7%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA). The Ocean Township High School Spartans compete in Division B North of the Shore Conference , an athletic conference comprised of public and private high schools in Monmouth and Ocean counties along the Jersey Shore . The conference operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 820 students in grades 10–12,

1960-667: The new host of Jeopardy! , which described the Israel Defense Forces as "genocidal"; after human rights lawyers and members of the Jewish community objected, The Daily Beast removed the word and stated that it would review its editorial policy on the use of the term "genocide". In 2020, journalist Carson Griffith sued The Daily Beast , staff writer Maxwell Tani, and editor-in-chief Noah Shachtman for defamation over an article that alleged that Griffith made offensive comments in her role at Gawker . On March 24, 2021,

2016-580: The number of students. Ocean Township opposed the changes as the subsidy funded approximately 20 staff positions. In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post , the school was ranked 55th in New Jersey and 1,637th nationwide. In Newsweek 's May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Ocean Township High School was listed in 838th place, the 21st-highest ranked school in New Jersey. In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast ranked

2072-489: The option to attend either Asbury Park High School or Long Branch High School as part of sending/receiving relationships , with most Ocean Township students choosing to head to Asbury Park. By 1962, Ocean Township students accounted for a majority of the student body at an overcrowded Asbury Park High School. Ocean Township was unwilling to commit to the long-term sending relationship that would allow Asbury Park to justify an expansion project. Voters in Ocean Township approved

2128-610: The overwhelming passage of a referendum. With 14 public school students and school property taxes of $ 2 million, Loch Arbour had been paying an average of $ 143,000 per pupil, while Ocean Township taxpayers only paid approximately $ 16,000 per pupil. The Loch Arbour cost per student was significantly reduced under new sending/receiving relationships established with the West Long Branch Public Schools for PreK-8 and Shore Regional High School for 9–12, under which Loch Arbour pays tuition to each district based on

2184-444: The piece to remove details that could allow athletes to be identified, and editor in chief John Avlon added a lengthy editor's note. Criticism challenging the value of the piece continued, and The Daily Beast eventually removed the article altogether and issued an apology. In March 2017, Hines issued a formal apology for his actions, and it was announced by the website's editor Hines would be returning to The Daily Beast "following

2240-469: The planet ever thought "disinformation is the purview of Russia alone" other than self-aggrandizing, sleazy, click-chasing Daily Beast journalists", and media editor for TheWrap Jon Levine , who called the article a "hit job over a joke video that happened to go viral". When The Daily Beast editor Noah Shachtman was asked about these criticisms by CNN media reporter Brian Stelter on his Reliable Sources show on June 2, 2019, Shachtman defended

2296-574: The platform had won 4 awards for 2017 reporting including investigative articles about the Nate Parker rape case, comic Bob Smith 's struggle with ALS, and remembering Bill Paxton . In 2018, the trade magazine Digiday awarded the Beast ' s Cheat Sheet for best email newsletter. In September 2009, The Daily Beast launched a publishing initiative entitled "Beast Books" that will produce books by Beast writers on an accelerated publishing schedule. The first book published by Beast Books

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2352-530: The program's second Group III title by a score of 1–0 against Millburn in the championship game to finish the season 21-3-1. The wrestling team won the Central Jersey Group III state sectional championship 2004–2008, 2012, 2019 and 2020 The boys' bowling team won the Group II state championship in 2011. The school's principal is Dawn Kaszuba. Her core administration team includes two assistant principals. Comprehensive high school The tracking system

2408-464: The quantified news reader". The illustrational style used at the top of every article has been described as, "jaunty collage and pop-art illustrations". Contributors to the publication include notable writers and political activists such as: In May 2017, Pulitzer Prize–winning national security reporter Spencer Ackerman left The Guardian and joined The Daily Beast . In June 2017, HuffPost senior political editor Sam Stein announced he

2464-493: The right and left sides of the political spectrum to cover White House stories. Specifically, reporters Asawin Suebsaeng (formerly of Mother Jones ) and Lachlan Markay (formerly of The Heritage Foundation ) were tasked with covering the first Trump administration . The Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple stated in 2018 that "Pound for pound, [ The Daily Beast ] is an impressive operation. As I see it, they do

2520-618: The school 856th in the nation among participating public high schools and 64th among schools in New Jersey. The school was the 84th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 95th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 64th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked

2576-422: The school 97th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 69th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 148th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 31 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on

2632-459: The school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group III South for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 695 to 882 students. The school participates as the host school / lead agency in

2688-714: The site's London editor, who was assigned to cover the Olympic Games. Hines, a heterosexual married man, signed up for several gay and straight dating apps, including Tinder , Bumble and Grindr , and documented his experiences in the Olympic Village . While not specifically naming names, Hines provided enough detail in the article to identify individual athletes, leading to widespread criticism that this information could be used against closeted gay athletes, especially those living in repressive countries. Facing intense backlash online, The Daily Beast edited

2744-489: The students’ engagement in college and career readiness activities as an outcome of adopting students in future preparation. The researchers found that students in schools with high-level fidelity NAF (an organization aid to evaluate and improve schools) have higher engagement than students in comprehensive high school, while students in schools with low or medium fidelity in the NAF don't show a significant difference from students in

2800-410: The website is owned by IAC Inc . It has been characterized as a "high-end tabloid " by Noah Shachtman , the site's editor-in-chief from 2018 to 2021. In a 2015 interview, former editor-in-chief John Avlon described the Beast ' s editorial approach: "We seek out scoops, scandals, and stories about secret worlds; we love confronting bullies, bigots, and hypocrites." In 2018, Avlon described

2856-684: The world, not everybody else is. Respect that." In June 2019, The Daily Beast reporter Kevin Poulsen was accused of doxing Shawn Brooks, a 34-year-old Trump supporter living in the Bronx , when Poulsen revealed his identity for being the alleged creator and disseminator of a widely shared fake video, which showed American politician Nancy Pelosi speaking in a slurred manner. The fake video had been shared over 60,000 times on Facebook and had more than 4 million views, and also spread to Twitter and YouTube . In response, Brooks denied creating

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2912-623: Was John Avlon 's Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America . In January 2011, they published Stephen L. Carter 's The Violence of Peace: America's Wars in the Age of Obama . Also in 2011, Beast Books published Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee 's memoir, Mighty Be Our Powers . In February 2010, Jack Shafer of Slate magazine reported that the chief investigative reporter for The Daily Beast , Gerald Posner , had plagiarised five sentences from an article published by

2968-444: Was "repellent to unleash the resources of a major news outlet on an obscure, anonymous, powerless, quasi-unemployed citizen for the crime of trivially mocking the most powerful political leaders". HuffPost and New York contributor Yashar Ali also criticized The Daily Beast for revealing Brooks' identity, saying it "sets a really bad precedent when a private citizen has their identity publicly revealed simply because they made

3024-525: Was OK—or that somehow it was in the public's interest—to write about his deceitful encounters with these men reflects a complete lack of judgment and disregard for basic decency, not to mention the ethics of journalism". Swimmer Amini Fonua , who represented Tonga at the Rio games, criticized the article as 'deplorable', writing: "It is still illegal to be gay in Tonga, and while I’m strong enough to be me in front of

3080-439: Was appointed president and publisher. In July 2021, Shachtman announced that he'd be moving from the Beast to Rolling Stone and that he would be succeeded by Tracy Connor. In January 2023, it was reported by The New York Times that IAC chairman Barry Diller was considering a sale of The Daily Beast . In June 2023, however, Diller publicly acknowledged that he had ended talks to sell The Daily Beast , stating that it

3136-429: Was joining The Daily Beast in the same capacity. In early June 2014, Capital New York re-published a memo by outgoing CEO Rhona Murphy, stating that The Daily Beast ' s average unique monthly visitors increased from 13.5 million in 2013 to more than 17 million in 2014. By September 2014, the website reached a new record of 21 million unique visitors; it was a 60% year-over-year increase in readers, accompanied by

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