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Daily Video July 22 2020

Brief But Spectacular: Why one doctor has started dispensing financial advice
Meet a doctor who sees financial advice as a key component of health advice to her patients.
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Daily Video July 16 2020

Explainer: Why record COVID-19 testing is not enough
Explore the challenges of testing for COVID-19 in the US months after the pandemic began.
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Daily Video July 14 2020

Teachers in Florida push back against reopening mandate
Florida's governor and education commissioner are pushing for full classroom reopenings this fall, but some teachers and health authorities are pushing back.
Daily Video July 01 2020

Summer coronavirus wave scrambles re-opening plans
Examine shifts in public policy and plans for the fall as coronavirus cases ramp up in mid-summer.
A woman sorts plastic bottles for recycling at Cilincing district in Jakarta
Lesson Plan July 01 2020

Lesson plan: Inventing beyond recycling

In this lesson plan, explore ways non-recyclable materials can be reused or repurposed instead
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Post June 25 2020

Teaching in the age of coronavirus: Week 13—Keep moving forward
Photo credit: Maximillian Re-Sugiura by Sari Beth Rosenberg As I close out my eighteenth y…
The NBA logo is displayed as people pass by the NBA Store in New York
Daily Video June 23 2020

Sports franchises push for paid holiday this Election Day
Examine the ways public figures and organizations can help push forward causes such as voter turnout.
Vistors pass a face mask sign near the boardwalk at Bethany Beach in Delaware
Daily Video June 22 2020

How should authorities persuade citizens to wear masks in public?
Even as states across the south and southwest experience a spike in COVID-19 cases, local and state governments wrestle with how to ensure citizens wear masks in public.
FILE PHOTO: Participants hold a "Silent March Commemorating the Journey of the Enslaved" to mark 400th anniversary of first enslaved African people arriving in Virginia
Daily Video June 19 2020

Should Juneteenth be a national holiday?
Juneteenth is in the national spotlight this year. Should it be a national holiday?
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Post June 18 2020

Teaching in the age of coronavirus—Week 12: Processing progress
Photo credit: Maximillian Re-Sugiura By Sari Beth Rosenberg It was Week 12. …
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