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Activists in Albemarle County, VA are circulating a petition seeking to force radical curricula on children whose parents have not consented.

amenic181 / iStock Each year as the weather warms and the school year ends, the stack of books on my bedside table gets taller. This year, my book list wrestles with many of the looming issues exacerbated or illuminated by Covid-19, including racial equity, the ways schools adapt to change, and how we care for our communities and ourselves in the toughest of times. The Teaching Profession If you’re looking for a hopeful peek into the ways that immense public and administrative trust can lead ...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. As we power through this pandemic, mental health takes on an added urgency because of the emotional, educational and economic challenges people have faced or are facing. Fortunately, virtual gatherings allow us to access expertise without leaving our homes. Valley Oaks Health is hosting a “COVID, Suicide and Depression” webinar on May 11 at 10 a.m.; it is open to the entire state as part of the organization’s three-part COVID Care webinar ser...

Explore the universe with graphic novelist/astrophysicist at Fermilab lecture March 26 Dr. Clifford V. Johnson, University of Southern California   Posted3/12/2021 11:44 AM Fermilab Art & Lecture At Home series, "When Art & Science Collide" continues with a "Graphic Talk About the Universe" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 26 (CST), with Dr. Clifford Johnson, University of Southern California. Registration is required at events.fnal.gov/arts-lecture-series/. There is a $4 access fee. Joh...

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. As a New York mom of two kids who attend public schools, the past 12 months of remote schooling has been anything but smooth. Whether I’m procuring a picture book for my 7-year-old so hell better understand Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy or explaining how to group polynomial algebraic expressions to my 9th grader for his online math homework, Im doing a tricky balancing act. “You have no idea how to do algebra,” he said to...

film profile] is the second part of a planned trilogy from Romanian director Bogdan Theodor Olteanu. The film, which centres on a young woman struggling with relationships and with her sexuality, has the feel of a documentary, its camera staying very close to the protagonists. The viewer is confronted with topics such as violence against women, abuse and the rivalry among actors in the theatre and in show business. The film had its premiere during this year’s online edition of the Slamda...

Education Will Be Critical in the Fight for Democracy and Anti-Racism California State University, Fullerton students and allies protest the police-perpetrated killing of George Floyd at City Hall in Fullerton, California, on June 7, 2020. Leonard Ortiz / MediaNews Group / Orange County Register via Getty Images By What is the role of education in creating a critically-minded public that is unafraid to resist lies and deceptions perpetuated by anti-democratic forces? How do we best address th...

The Future of Work: New Book Explains the Surprising Power of Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Slack, and Other Internal Collaboration Hubs Share Article Award-winning author and recognized collaboration expert Phil Simon releases Reimagining Collaboration: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and the Post-COVID World of Work, his eleventh book. Cover of Reimagining Collaboration We have lacked a holistic framework to understand the remarkable power of new collaboration technologies, much less unleash them. At ...

Actor, comedian and writer Michael Ian Black and journalist Cleo Stiller talk about rethinking masculinity and teaching young men to give and receive love.