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Yinghua Academy’s distance teaching-learning experience
By Abigail Pribbenow, Yinghua Academy
The announcement of Executive Order 20-02, issued by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, reached the Yinghua Academy community on the final day of the public charter school’s spring break.
Yinghua is a Chinese immersion public charter school serving more than 800 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Academic Director Dr. Luyi Lien quickly mobilized the Yinghua teaching staff to convert the curriculum to a distance learning platform using Zoom, Flipgrid, Seesaw and Google Classroom.
After the third week of distance learning, teachers reported that the use of technology has become easier for them as well as for students. Nothing replaces in-school learning, but the Yinghua community feels grateful to be able to connect daily via remote learning platforms. Teachers shared these positive outcomes in a week-two survey:
We’ve enjoyed sharing our homes, pets, hobbies,
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Pearl River Mart uses sourcing to give back
As a family-owned business in New York City's Chinatown since 1971, Joanne Kwong had to temporarily close Pearl River Mart’s three stores, including the MOCA Shop by Pearl River at the museum. Shortly after, Joanne and her parents-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Chen joined many Asian American community members to tap into their contacts, source masks and other PPE. Early in the outbreak in NYC, Pearl River Mart made a substantial donation of KN95s to Elmhurst Hospital and then a second donation to Charles B. Wang Community Health Center. Pearl River Mart was supported by fellow NYC and small businesses such as ea and Milk, Fat Witch Bakery, Hanky Panky and Calligaris NYC. Joanne and Pearl River Mart are currently in the process of procuring a larger shipment of 30,000 KN95s.
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The Coronavirus Racists
By Elaine Dunn
Yellow Peril, take two.
Video clips of Asian Americans describing being spat upon, told to ”take your virus and go home,” sworn a, given the evil eye, or worse, had been making the email circuits the past few months. Along with Beijing, anti-Trumpers were quick to get on their soapboxes denouncing U.S. President Donald Trump for calling the dreaded virus the “Chinese / Wuhan” virus, thereby fueling the anti-Chinese sentiment. But was Trump really the instigator?
Any cursory online search would show mainstreet broadcast media (ABC, CBS, MSNBC and others) with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Alisyn Camerota, Chris Cuomo, Don Lemon leading the charge using those very terms throughout January 2020! Media Research Center has compiled a two-minute video that shows a host of media figures using “Wuhan coronavirus” or “Chinese coronavirus” even after the same media figures attacked
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Resources to help you stay sane during COVID-19 lockdown
The following resources were compiled by blogger (thebusyweekend.com) Erin Pearson to help people stay mentally and physically healthy.
No-Gym Workout Methods to Get in Peak Shape
Eating at Home vs. Eating Out - Costs, Health, Time, We Cover it All!
Breathing Techniques: A Guide to the Science and Methods
The Art of Tidying Up: A Complete Guide to a Decluttered Life
How to Increase Your Home's Value - Expert Advice!
Work-Life Balance: A Guide to Surviving the Stress
Detoxify Your Home and Join the Green Cleaning Trend
The Efficient Wellness Routine Guide for Busy People
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China and COVID-19: The aim of the blame game is to inflame
By Ralph W. Beha
Every four years or so, in the run-up to our presidential election. the United States goes through a ritual flogging of “China” (as though “China” were a monolithic entity in an almost super-human personal form). Blaming everything from job losses created by automation and technology to income inequality and globalization on “China” has become a predictable, if unfortunate, political gambit, on both sides of the aisle.
In the past, the noise has usually subsided and the administration, regardless of party, has gone on to forge a coherent policy of engagement, drawing the Chinese government into international organizations, forging multilateral treaty solutions to thorny situations, and conducting useful, if protracted, negotiations on matters of bilateral concern. During the past several decades, these engagement efforts have led to a broad and deep opening of China to the West,
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