A father and son get in a car crash and are rushed to the hospital. The father dies. A boss and his secretary are at a hotel for a business conference. The hotel burns to the ground and everybody dies. A forty-something celebrity actress visits her holiday home on a tropical island. A hurricane strikes, destroying the oceanfront property. The actress manages to escape and save Pebbles, her teacup Chihuahua.
Afterwards, she says she feels blessed because all she needs in life is to be with precious Pebbles. No one who reads the news story the following day believes her. A group of STEM professors assess identical resumes. Morris, your 8th grade Earth Science teacher who interrupted a lesson on metamorphic rocks to guess the bra sizes of the girls.
A seasoned journalist travels to a tropical island to cover the story of a calamitous hurricane which has destroyed the beachfront property of a famous celebrity and left thousands of people homeless. But throughout elementary school, Holmes never had a teacher who looked like him.
It wasn't until seventh grade that he had his first Black male teacher—Mr. In some ways, he was lucky. Teachers of color make a difference, which is why education nonprofit DonorsChoose has teamed up with The Allstate Foundation to support them.
An analysis published in Education Next also found that Black teachers tend to have higher expectations of Black students, which contributes to greater success. Diversity in teaching helps white students, too. Educational laboratory REL Northwest found that white students with non-white teachers develop better problem-solving and critical thinking skills, expand their range of creativity and social and emotional skills, and increase their sense of civic engagement.
A joint initiative from DonorsChoose and The Allstate Foundation offers individuals and groups opportunities to help bridge racial gaps in the classroom. For one, The Allstate Foundation will match all donations to teachers of color who are using DonorsChoose to crowdfund projects for the first time.
DonorsChoose has also partnered with The Allstate Foundation to launch a Racial Justice and Representation category on the site, making it easy for donors to help fund classroom projects focused on increasing diversity in curricula and creating a more inclusive environment. From buying books written by diverse authors to providing materials for anti-racism education, donors can directly support teachers working toward racial equity. By creating this new category on DonorsChoose, we want to support these students and give voice to their teachers, tapping their frontline wisdom.
You can see those projects here. Jamel Holmes did grow up to become a teacher. He earned a master's degree and now teaches special education for sixth graders at East Bronx Academy for the Future, the same school he attended. Holmes uses DonorsChoose to help his students get what they need both inside and outside school. He has crowdfunded technology tools for his classroom as well as personal care items for his students.
He drives through the Bronx to give school supplies, clothing, laundry essentials and food to kids whose families are in need, and even takes students to get free haircuts.
He wants to be a role model students can turn to. Courtesy of Jamel Holmes. Schools are charged with providing a safe, nurturing and equitable environment for students and teachers. Supporting educators who are trying to create that environment by helping fund their racial equity projects is a good place to start. Kate the matriarch , Ginny the middle-slash-problem child and Baby Alice, beloved residents at the Roger Williams Park Zoo , received their very own V.
Though Big Lux is classically trained, his style leans toward a unique blend of jazz, bluegrass and hip hop, according to his bio. One person commented that "music is the language for all beings. You can check out even more of Big Lux's music on his website , including a truly gorgeous cover of "Killing Me Softly.
In perhaps the most universally agreed-upon choice it's ever made, People magazine has named Paul Rudd as 's Sexiest Man Alive. Rudd, with his boyish grin and flawless skin, is certainly cute. But when you add in his well-established talent and extreme likability, the miraculously immortal year-old becomes beloved. He's got it all—the eyes, the hair, the teeth, the bod, as well as the acting chops, the humor, the humility and the genuine nice-guy-ness that makes a man sexy in the eyes of most, if not all, of us.
There are so many people that should get this before me. I just hang out with my family when I'm not working. That's what I kind of like the most.
After some giggling and shock, she said 'Oh, they got it right. She was probably not telling the truth, but what's she going to say? I would. I mean I'm going to lean into it hard. I'm going to own this. I'm not going to try to be like 'Oh, I'm so modest. But all of my friends will destroy me and I expect them to.
And that's why they're my friends. And I figure I'll be on a lot more yachts. I'm excited to expand my yachting life. And I'll probably try to get better at brooding in really soft light. I like to ponder. I think this is going to help me become more inward and mysterious. And I'm looking forward to that. He said he had to read the email twice when he received the news, and his first reaction was "Oooh, get ready for outrage.
But of course, there is no outrage because Paul Rudd is a perfect choice. Nailed it, People. And just to add one more fun bit to the mix, watch Stephen Colbert put Paul Rudd through a rigorous audition process to see if he was worthy of being named Sexiest Man Alive:. Thank you, People, for finally acknowledging the obvious.
I rattled off a few quick guesses. The father who died in the crash was the step-dad and the surgeon was the biological father. I was so embarrassed. When I read that story in the anecdote. And it caught out my daughter who is studying a medical-related subject and wife who is a doctor. My teenage son got it in the end. See also my previous blog post Big data has unconscious bias too.
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