Education – Link(s) of the Day

akintoye please pull your head out your ass

Couldn’t find this on Youtube for easier sharing. All credit goes to Akintoye.

Lawmaker wants to ban CRT, I asked him what it is

His answers were ... interesting.

Textbook Case of Bad Textbooking

How Moses helped write the Constitution and other things you can learn in high school textbooks in Texas

What HIPAA Isn’t

Word of mouth has turned a narrow health-records law into a supposed health-privacy Bill of Rights.

Who doesn’t trust Lucy Jones in a crisis? Here’s what she has to say about the coronavirus pandemic

Lucy Jones has gotten us through many a crisis. The coronavirus pandemic may be different from an earthquake, but her analysis of it, in a new podcast, is as steady and clear as ever.

Analysis | Black families pay significantly higher property taxes than white families, new analysis shows

As black Americans are leading protests against police violence in the United States, a new study shows they pay a disproportionate amount of the property taxes that help fund local police.

America Sabotaged the Solution to Its New Higher-Education Crisis

Many families are turning to community colleges amid the pandemic, but the schools aren’t equipped to handle an influx of students.

Early Herd Immunity against COVID-19: A Dangerous Misconception

Bloomberg School of Public Health epidemiologists David Dowdy and Gypsyamber D’Souza explain the misconceptions around herd immunity as we discuss when and how to phase in re-opening.

Views of Higher Education Divided by Party

Americans see value in higher education whether they graduated from college or not. Even so, there is an undercurrent of dissatisfaction – even suspicion – among the public about the role colleges play in society.

Source: www.pewsocialtrends.org/essay/the-growing-partisan-divide-in-views-of-higher-education/

No, Professors Aren’t Discriminating Against Conservative Students

A major study led by a lifelong Republican debunks this popular right-wing talking point.

Source: psmag.com/ideas/no-professors-arent-discriminating-against-conservative-students