#Schools

1. I watched the movie "beautiful boy" yesterday night. Released in 2018 and based on the book "Beautiful boy" by David Sheff and "Tweak" by Nic Sheff. The movie takes
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A few weeks ago I got to share research @lydiasupplee, Audrey Moreno and I have been working on examining the history of Regional Comprehensive Universities from 1970-2000 (a time period
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Several friends posted this thread on FB, so I don't know to whom it should be attributed. But it's so good, I'll post the whole thing here as a public
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1/ A thread about pandemic-induced K-12 virtual schooling, based mostly on my experience as the parent of a 5th grader in public school.Summary: It's been really difficult and definitely has
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In case it’s still unclear.400 years ago white people brought black people over here and enslaved them. And sold them. And treated them as less than human. For 250 years.
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Since the US just announced that it will suspend its contribution to the WHO, the Bill & Melindo Gates Foundation is likely to be their largest contributor this year. This
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Challenge lifting restrictions even with arguably world’s best Test-Isolate-Contact system in place. Virus not changed remains highly infectious, human population remains largely susceptible.Probable that lifting restrictions will lead to
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Black and Brown people dying at higher rates #coronavirus due to a confluence of issues all created by white supremacy and capitalism. Follow: People with underlying health conditions are more
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1/ For my UK tweeps this AM, I want to walk everyone through the Canadian* system of university admissions, just to show you how low-stakes this process can actually be.*most
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Some of the best sites I learned to code, practice and gain knowledge from - FOR FREE Thread. 1.FreeCodeCamp: This formed the basis of my coding journey & really
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When we look back at this period in the UK, attention will obviously be paid to the dithering over the lockdown in early March. The government scientific advisers (whether influenced
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THREAD:As an atheist, I welcome the mainstream and social media's interest in the warped influence of religion on Australian politics in general and on government decision-making more specifically.But really, where
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University strikes, aka Oh God Another Endless Thread About This Shit. I can't promise I have anything new to say. But here's my own personal, unofficial take.Firstly, what are we
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W.E.B.DuBois grew up in Great Barrington, Mass. and kept fond ties to the town all his life. His family periodically took refuge there when white supremacist violence made Atlanta too
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Enough people agreed with the idea, so @HBO made the first season of @ProblemAreasHBO (which looks at policing in America) available on @YouTube for free... for a month.(And maybe only
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In 2018, 10,665 *freshmen* moved from another state to a Boston-area college. Should the 32 area colleges planning to bring students from out of state back to campus be allowed
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