#Students

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Caffernnn

Seeing how many higher ed educators have responded to this shift in direction by overloading their students with work + little/no instructional supports has been so jarring. Part of good

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

Ebonyteach

Midday editing & article reviewing. It's so hard to concentrate during crisis, but I'm listening to jazz radio on Pandora. It's helping. The algorithm is a little repetitive (human DJs

Joan of Ark

edallas53

Betsy DeVos we have a few questions for you:• If a teacher tests positive for COVID-19 are they required to quarantine for 2-3 weeks? Is their sick leave covered &

Sarah DEMOCRACY IS BACK Parcak

indyfromspace

This article gets 10/10 YIKES how is this even remotely possible? How can we even dare imagine putting our students, staff, and faculty at this level of risk?https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/26/opinion/coronavirus-colleges-universities.html?action=cli

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clairecontent

I'm not going to waste my time with this "argument," as it's one of bad faith and ignorance.https://twitter.com/BeaconUpdate/status/1273427709704765446 "it's not in your job description to antagonize students,&quo

Zach Pratt

DocZ_PhD

Dear Twitter Scientists, I am a high school biology teacher in southern Wisconsin and I work in a school with a high percentage of students that fall near or below

Patrick Thomsen

_PatrickThomsen

A student emailed me today to say that a GTA in another course asked them: "what do you get out of Pacific Studies?" implying it's a waste of time &

landice

brylebrylebr

Why I hate online/virtual class is because NOT ALL students are capable of studying by their own. Some kids prefer listening to their teachers PERSONALLY as they explain complex terms

gill wyness

gillwyness_econ

Unlike any other major country in the world, UK students apply to university with predicted grades, rather than actual exam results.Apart from being a pretty strange system, this also puts

Jaime Lou Spray

jaime_lou

As an SF elementary teacher whose school has safely been reopened since October, and is conveniently located on a Slow Street in Potrero Hill, I am baffled by the principles

Danielle Connelly

DConnellyNW

As a trustee in SD40 I fully support the return to work plan put forward by our district. What I do not support is the government’s decision to reopen schools

David Stillwell

david_stillwell

BBC and others have headlines saying that Cambridge University lectures will all be online next academic year. But read the detail. Cambridge is planning to have small group teaching and

Jim Dickinson

jim_dickinson

There's a good piece in the FT this weekend with this cracking para https://on.ft.com/348OQkJ Students did their job. For which they have been demonised and locked up with appallingly poor

Michael

KamelWorld

My unsolicited advice for all college students: DO YOUR CLASS/CREDITS RESEARCH before you see an advisor.It sounds counterintuitive, and advisors do have your best interest in mind, but you're the

Brianna Berry

Brianna51423401

@comelivewithus TheStudentHousingCompany are still insisting that students pay the third rent installment, despite shutting down several facilities in their buildings (ie. the gym and common rooms), whilst univeristies are telling

Michael W. Kraus

mwkraus

I don't really want to talk about GREs in admissions because I'd much rather talk about mentorship. A thread.The main point is that mentoring a PhD student is more than