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Remembering Joyce

July 25, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

Jennifer knew her as Mom, Penelope and Harrison knew her as Granny, while I and many others knew her as Joyce. She left us in June having lived with Alzheimer’s for many years. We’ve been thinking of her a lot. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother and more. Over the past 15 years or so […]

Filed Under: Random Rants Tagged With: Joyce Beaupre

Virtual schooling led to dramatic learning loss

July 3, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

New data from Texas shows that regardless of economic status or race, enormous numbers of students who learned virtually for the majority of the past school year experienced a dramatic learning loss. This learning loss was most pronounced for Black and Hispanic students. This outcome is tragic given that schools that reopened for in-person instruction […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: COVID-19, Texas

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I’m Nicholas, a marketing consultant and dad in Dallas, TX. I like to follow policy debates, chat about parenting and share stories. Read More…

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