Educational perspectives

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  Amanda Gilliland

  

  Avoiding Synchronous Video Fatigue During Remote Learning

  esheninger.blogspot.com

  The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in some monumental shifts to practice. Educators have taken a critical lens as to why they teach the way they do …

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  Amanda Gilliland

  

  The Unofficial Racism Consultants to the White Evangelical World

  The Atlantic - By Emma Green

  Behind every white pastor’s statement about racial reconciliation is a Black colleague’s late-night tracked changes. In the weeks since George Floyd’s death, Philip Pinckney has been inundated with messages from white evangelical pastors who want to take a stand against racism: 40 to 60 phone calls …

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  Amanda Gilliland

  

  A devastating description of the damage done by boarding school

  The Guardian - Guardian staff reporter

  Letters: Alison Hackett, Colin Barr and Max Farrar respond to an article by George Monbiot

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  Amanda Gilliland

  

  The 'Glass Floor' Is Keeping America's Richest Idiots At The Top

  HuffPost - Michael Hobbes

  Elites are finding more ways to ensure that their children never run out of chances to fail. In 2014, Zach Dell launched a dating app called Thread. It was nearly identical to Tinder: Users created a profile, uploaded photos and swiped through potential matches. The only twist on the formula was that …

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  Amanda Gilliland

  

  Human society under urgent threat from loss of Earth's natural life

  The Guardian - Jonathan Watts

  Scientists reveal one million species at risk of extinction in damning UN report

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  Amanda Gilliland

  

  Opinion | Why You Should Start Binge-Reading Right Now (Published 2019)

  The New York Times - Ben Dolnick

  Ditch Netflix for a novel. And not just because a novelist is telling you to. One night a couple of summers ago, the power went out and, unable to watch Netflix or engage in my customary internet fugue, I lit a candle and picked up a thriller by Ruth Rendell. For the first time in as long as I could …