Remote Learning - It didn't work... →

The continuing exercise in remote learning seems to have hit a wall. As a father of two teenagers, the first few months of this year have been abysmal in the area of remote learning. Their schools valiantly did everything they could to make it an engaging experience. But as this article discusses in detail, I very much doubt how much actual “learning” the kids imbibed.

This article outlines the problems that surfaced when this whole exercise started in earnest in the middle of March, 2020.

“I think we have this assumption that since they spend all their time on their devices, it’s no big deal for them to learn remotely,” said Janella Hinds, a social-studies teacher at the 500-student High School for Public Service in Brooklyn’s Flatbush neighborhood. “But being a digital consumer and a digital learner are two different things.”

The pandemic creates opportunities for organized crime.. →

Even though the pandemic has caused disruption in crime, criminals are finding new opportunities. As law enforcement is distracted by pandemic rules and now the #BLM protests, organized crime is having a field day figuring out how to take advantage of this inattention.

“Criminals are humans too,” said Graeme Biggar, economic crimes lead at the NCA, “and they are abiding by the rules.”