This is the final installment of the three-part series on racial justice. Certainly, there are many things that are worthy to be talked about. There is the “Opportunity Zones” program, which (as a part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) put in $1.6 billion into distressed communities. And there are fiscally conservative policies which...
Tag: Education
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ZHU | I Am a Survivor of My Public Schools’ Liberal Brainwashing
I have always thought that it was something of a miracle that my public education in deep-blue, teachers’ union-dominated inner-city Boston got me to where I am today—as a student in the Ivy League and, more importantly, the National News Editor of the renowned Cornell Review. There is no doubt that there are many problems and...
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Being Reasonable
I’m often misunderstood to be a raging, far-right, anti-environment, hyphen over-user. But in fact, I’m not anti-climatic at all (see what I did there? Also, is there actually a Wiki page for hyphen?? The beast must be stopped). The cold truth is that I just generally recoil to most forms of extremism. I have long...
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Monday Reading Madness #41
– Health Care for all! Recap here and a brief analysis by Nile Gardiner. – Nothing new here, but The Guardian and BBC have also written about the recent string of Cornell suicides. – FoxNews and USA Today stories as well. – Cornell laughs its way to the Sweet 16!! – Meanwhile, hockey also goes...
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Teaching and Technology
My local school district has graciously given me the opportunity this summer to work as an assistant teacher for a summer school class. However, the classroom I assist in is not your ordinary Algebra 1 class. It is a pilot class for a ‘virtual’ learning environment. I recently wrote about my experience thus far in...