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Parents and Teachers Starting ‘Learning Pods’ Are Done Waiting for Permission 0
- Education
- August 4, 2020
The widespread “pandemic pods” that are emerging as back-to-school alternatives this fall are models of parental ingenuity, educator adaptability, and entrepreneurial agility. These learning pods, or in-home microschools, involve small groups of families coming together to take turns facilitating a curriculum for their children in their homes, or pooling resources to hire a teacher or
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Fighting Nature by Abandoning Herd Immunity 0
- Politics
- August 3, 2020
When I was a kid, I used to love the show “Fraggle Rock.” A creation of “The Muppets’” Jim Henson, it detailed the underground life of the Fraggles. These furry imaginary creatures lived alongside the dutiful Doozers, who quietly built their elaborate, edible constructions. The Doozers built and the Fraggles ate, without any apparent hard
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What Will the Future Think of Us?0
- Culture
- August 3, 2020
I love reading histories and biographies. Because of my interest in the past, a particular fantasy is pestering me. What if I could return from the grave in fifty years or more, and see what historians of the future might have written of the time in which I have lived, particularly the last 30 years?
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How ‘Wokeness’ Is a Product of Marxism 1
- Culture
- August 3, 2020
“Wokeness” has become the nomenclature for the ideology or mentality of radical leftist activists on college campuses, at protests, and on social media. But wokeness has not been limited to just a handful of activists. It’s becoming a dominant mindset in the American workplace, in both the public and private sectors, as a method to
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Three Ways Antifa Is Like the Nazis They Condemn 0
- Culture
- August 3, 2020
When the antifa phenomenon arrived on the scene several years ago, I observed the name of this new movement was rather oxymoronic. Antifa, one college professor claimed, is very postmodern in its mindset, and as such, replaces objective reality with “lived experience.” This relativist mindset, I noted, was very much like the one Benito Mussolini
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Three Ways to Promote Social Skills in Homebound Kids 0
- Education
- August 3, 2020
With the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic getting worse in most of the country, a growing number of school districts from San Francisco to Atlanta have determined that a return to daily in-person instruction isn’t yet safe or viable. They aim to to stick with remote learning as the school year gets underway. Based on
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