K–12: Why John Saxon Is the Brightest Star in Math Education

Source: American Thinker.

One of the things that most astounds me is the observation that teaching has existed for thousands of years, but in our age we try to reinvent it. You’d think that the art and science of instruction would have been finalized long ago; that all the gains to be wrung from the psychology of the process would have been discovered and formalized as a perfect and complete pedagogy, ready to use. But it is not so.

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Perhaps #LIBERATE was not the brightest tweet.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/17/north-dakota-covid-positive-health-workers-coronavirus?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1

North Dakota has finally issued a mask mandate. Of course the toll on its residents and healthcare workers is devastating. In oil industry terms, it is like trying to stop a gusher with Tupperware lids. Borrowing from Freud, sometimes communal responsibility is just that, and not socialism. Meanwhile as ICU beds are filled, PPE runs short and frontline workers fall ill, thoughts and prayers will have to do.

The Hydroxychloroquine Story

A very thorough and interesting re-cap of the science and politics of hydroxychloroquine. It is a long read but puts the various claims and studies – pro and con – into perspective.