Category: Culture
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Calling homeschool pods fundamentally racist won’t help education equality
I’m sure you’ve noticed all the scary articles about how so-called “homeschool pods” are going to undo all the small amount of racial equity that our public schools have been able to put in place. Need a refresher? Here, here, and here are the top three hits I got. This argument rests on three premises…
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6 ways to structure online learning for physical and mental well-being
Now that kids are going to be online most of the day, what can we teachers and parents do to ensure their physical and mental well-being?
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How is your favorite nonprofit doing?
Soon after the quarantine was announced for Santa Cruz County, I got a query from Kate Pavao, the leader of a local nonprofit: Hi Suki: If you’re interested in writing an article about the virus and non profit budgets and impact on kids, please consider Live Like Coco as a source. Angela Farley at Teen…
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This April there’s no foolin’ for musicians and other independent artists
Here I sit on March 31, editing the Jazz Society of Santa Cruz County’s weekly newsletter, and I’m trying to think of something funny to add. It’s my first April 1st edition of the newsletter, and I love a good laugh, but everything I think of seems in bad taste. April is the time when…
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The Day the Music Paused
I am part of a community that most people don’t even know exists. Jazz, voted the least popular genre of music in a poll done in Santa Cruz (really, we came in after polka!), is alive and well in our little edge of the universe. I am on the board of our local Jazz Society,…