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I had forgotten about that play. I think he has a chance via the ERAs Committee but I doubt it.

One of my favorite categories of books are books set in places I've visited by local authors. Victoria Houston has a series of about 20 books set in the Wisconsin Northwoods. CJ Box in the Rockies, Elizabeth Garcia in the Big Bend region, David Harry on South Padre Island. If anybody has a recommendation for a series available from Kindle Unlimited I'm starting to read more on my Kindle. Hogan, do you recommend the Dead Wake series? It sounds interesting.

I'm asking my students to read ten minutes a day and reflect on their reading plus keep a weekly journal. I decided to read https://www.amazon.com/Beatest-State-Union-Anthology-Writing/dp/1942956088 which really is narrow-casting. Not recommended unless you appreciate the works of the Beat writers like Kerouac, Ginsberg and interested in Texas. I also know a few of the writers that are represented and studied many more. I helped a bit with the financial backing and added a little to the research so it's always fun to be holding a copy of the book.

Be nice to receive federal aid. Really, kiss my ring while people are dying?

Someone please tell me Trump was joking?

Normally hiring is constant throughout the late spring and summer as teachers move, retire, take different positions, or whatever. This year I honestly don't know. There may be less movement from teaching to non academic positions.

https://www.teachersoftomorrow.org/texas/fully-online-teacher-certification I did mine on-line while working full time. This isn't the company, mine closed shortly after I finished. Basically you are looking at an Alternate Certification Program. You won't have to complete before getting hired, you can work on it as you teach. Basically you will have two tests to complete, a content test and a professional practices and responsibilities test. The classes will help you with the PPR.

I'm at the best district in San Antonio - Northside. Once you have an application in I can help get you interviews. We have 11 high schools total so there are usually openings. Have you started your certification process? One thought about being at the high school level with a PhD are paths to lead curriculum and instruction teams at a district level. Most of our central office staff have their terminal degrees.

How big of an area are you looking at? Would San Antonio be feasible?

I just found in an article that about $30B will go to "stabilizing" universities. That doesn't sound like an opportunity for waste. Hopefully some will go to all the non tenure staff.

Student Loans at $43B? I thought that forgiveness wasn't included. That can't be just interest, etc.

A summary with links would be great.

My district updated us on expectations for our students. We start from a positive slate. If a student was missing work, had a low grade, etc we'll wipe those out and start fresh. If it helps, we keep them. No summative grades (tests, etc) only formative and all are weighted the same. Expect 20 minutes per day or 100 minutes per week for all work. Allow extra time. Allow extra help. Be flexible, be flexible, be flexible. Off to replan lessons . . .

Do you mean like the Lt Governor in Texas stating he'd die for the economy?

I'm thinking beyond this. We have stats on how many people die from bee stings, cancer, heart attacks, lightening, etc.

How does that even work? I never thought of this before but is there a national database that all cause of deaths are reported to?

We just had a school district update from our Superintendent. In about one week we passed out 25,000 iPads, Chromebooks, and mobile hotspots to students. We've distributed over 100,000 meals. We are pulling coaches from the distribution of meals and tech to allow us back into our classrooms full time. The video that was shown with the parents being so grateful put tears in my eyes.

Six months or a year from now it will be interesting to see which country's health systems were better equipped to handle this.

Obviously the teams front office staff are working, but it seems a little strange somehow.

Most of the ship is run by people of all nations. The flags of convenience allow them to operate with the "best for them" employment laws. When I was working for a "twin plant" company in Mexico we have US employees on a Mexico payroll (production primarily) and a US payroll (anyone we could say officed in the US.

I've come around to the position that it should depend on the number of American workers first and what country they are registered in second.

Any thoughts on the best charities to give to during this crisis?

My school has a tradition. It's wear your favorite baseball jersey day. Teachers and students really get into it. Instead, we're home. Sigh

What doesn't make sense to me is a on - off switch to work. I do see returning to work looking more like a wave. Perhaps NY gets back first since they are getting hit hard first. Perhaps by the time we're talking lifting the restrictions, even partially, we will have a better handle on who would be the better choice and have some sort of back to work priority. Young to old. Maybe a test to confirm you had the virus and are now healthy.

The same was said for social security a few generations ago.