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California To Shorten Standardized Testing For Students In The Spring

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L.A. County surge continues: 2,108 more coronavirus cases reported

COVID-19 continued surging in Los Angeles County on Friday, Nov. 6, with the daily case number escalating above 2,100 for the first time since mid-August, giving the county a three-day total that tops 6,000. The county’s public health director again expressed confidence that the county can reverse the trend if residents stick to infection-control measures and stop gathering in groups. “We have experienced increasing cases in L.A. County before and have demonstrated that we can get back to slowin...
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More schools in L.A. County granted TK-2 reopening waivers

Forty-five more schools in Los Angeles County have received permission to welcome students in transitional kindergarten through the second grade back to campus, bringing the total number of schools granted reopening waivers under a county program to 74. Eleven of the 45 latest schools to receive waivers are public schools, with the rest representing private schools. To date, the county’s health department has approved 74 TK-2 school reopening waivers. Almost three-quarters of those waivers — 53 ...
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Arizona voted to tax the wealthy to pay for public schools

A teacher in Arizona. Mike Moore / Stringer/Getty Images On election day, Arizona voters passed Proposition 208, which would increase the income tax on those making $250,000 to directly fund education. Creators of the proposition estimate that it will bring in $940 million annually. Arizona's governor, Republican Doug Ducey, had previously spoken out against the measure. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Arizona voters passed Proposition 208, which will enact an additiona...
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How to Dress Like Emily in Paris (Outfit Guide)

Here's how to look like Emily, even if you're not in Paris.
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How P.E. teachers are trying to get students off the couch during the pandemic

Imagine trying to work out in a crowded living room, with no exercise equipment besides rolled-up socks and soup cans. For many students in California, that’s what physical education class looks like these days. Since campuses closed in March, P.E. teachers are scrambling for creative ways to keep students physically active — with no gymnasiums, sports fields or playgrounds — at a time when experts say students’ physical and mental health is paramount. “P.E. has been one of the most challenging ...
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Franklin declares victory in school board race, one of the most expensive in LAUSD history

Los Angeles Unified school board candidate Tanya Ortiz Franklin has declared victory in the District 7 race, where her 16-point lead over Patricia Castellanos has not budged since election night. Having captured 58% of the votes that have been counted so far compared to the 42% that’s gone to Castellanos, Franklin posted a statement on social media shortly after 8 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6, saying she was “deeply honored that the voters of Board District 7 have chosen me as their next representative.”...
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17 online computer science classes from MIT you can audit for free

When you buy through our links, we may earn money from our affiliate partners. Learn more. Alyssa Powell/Business Insider edX is a non-profit online education platform founded by MIT and Harvard that offers free and affordable classes.The site features 210 MIT courses, including 17 computer science classes you can audit for free. While all of these are archived (meaning you can't enroll and receive a certificate), there are other MITx courses you can take to receive certification.Read mo...
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The Cinematography That Changed Cinema: Exploring Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, Peter Greenaway & Other Auteurs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XiqTYvq-W0 One type of argument made against “auteur theory,” which posits a film’s director as its “author,” holds that certain non-directorial collaborators contribute just as many — or, as Pauline Kael argued about Citizen Kane, more — of a work of cinema’s defining qualities. Surely a video essayist like Lewis Bond, co-creator with Luiza Liz Bond of Youtube channel The Cinema Cartography, subscribes to auteur theory: just look at the increasingly in-d...
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The pandemic has only further strengthened my passion to become a physician

As a first-year medical student, the transition to an online curriculum has posed a unique set of challenges. I am often asked, “How exactly can you become a doctor without having seen a patient, without having put a stethoscope on another human being?” I’ve been told many times already by my professors that to listen […] Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more.
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Coupons & Sales: 60% off at Missguided, 50% off at Old Navy, 10% off at Sephora, & More

Here's where to save on beauty and fashion this weekend.
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Terry Gilliam Reveals the Secrets of Monty Python Animations: A 1974 How-To Guide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otV22Pe4yiM Before he directed such mind-bending masterpieces as Time Bandits, Brazil and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, before he became short-hand for a filmmaker cursed with cosmically bad luck, before he became the sole American member of seminal British comedy group Monty Python, Terry Gilliam made a name for himself creating odd animated bits for the UK series Do Not Adjust Your Set. Gilliam preferred cut-out animation, which involved pushing bits o...
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Unisa appoints its first woman vice-chancellor

Professor Puleng Lenkabula will be the first woman vice-chancellor since Unisa’s establishment 148 years ago. She is also the fifth women vice-chancellor in the country The post Unisa appoints its first woman vice-chancellor appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
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Neil Young Releases a Never-Before-Heard Version of His 1979 Classic, “Powderfinger”: Stream It Online

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJPq4daZKEk If Neil Young proved anything in his feud with Lynyrd Skynyrd (actually “more like a spirited debate between respectful friends,” writes Ultimate Classic Rock), it’s that Canadians could play southern rock just as well as the Southern Man, an argument more or less also won at the same time by The Band’s Music from Big Pink. Young’s songwriting contributions to the tradition are just as well recognized as “The Weight.” Foremost among them, we mu...
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Screwing up; video games; rebellion

Two new pages, not completely new:How to Screw it Up—talk given in California in 2010Full page dedicated to that talk, with plans (hopes) for a transcripthttps://sandradodd.com/screwitup2010.html Effects of Video Games—mostly about Grand Theft Auto; mostly humor (with truth)https://sandradodd.com/videogames/martyNew by Karen James, about a third of the way down:https://sandradodd.com/rebellion photo (a link) by Sandra Dodd [Author: Sandra Dodd]
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