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  1. Nov 2024
    1. Howard Rheingold argues that thedevelopment of virtual communities is "in part a response to the hunger for community that hasfollowed the disintegration of traditional communities around the world." (418

      Although communities in the suburbs are hard to build communities doing so virtually just doesn’t have the same effect.

    2. He was able to identify 16 different definitionalconcepts within this sample. (Ibid. 115) Hillery found only one concept that was commonamongst these 94 definitions: they all deal with people

      Although “community has many different definitions it always has to do with “people.”

  2. Oct 2024
    1. If we’re committed to the success of every child, we must acknowledge the uneven playing field that exists for many: ELLs, students with special needs, children experiencing trauma or relentless poverty…. There are 6 Steps Toward Equity!!

    1. Wise (2022) original comments: “350 years into this society’s existence, laws were finally passed to prohibit the discrimination that had been its hallmark for 15 generations — not because of some grand moral epiphany, mind you, but because the resistance of that society’s victims had finally forced a comeuppance.” “If you’re trying to control for non-racial explanations for racial disparities, you need to make sure your alternative variables are genuinely independent, Chad.”

      Conceptionally.org (2024) original comments:<br /> “Public officials cannot enact any policy they please like they’re ordering dessert from a menu. They have to choose from among policies that are politically acceptable at the time. And we believe the Overton window defines that range of ideas.” “Instead of joining a side and pulling on the rope (of the Overton window), pull it sideways in a direction no one will resist.”