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After a Year of Turmoil, Elite Universities Welcome More Diverse Freshman Classes Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, April 17, 2021 Jianna Curbelo attends a career-focused public high school in New York City, works at McDonald’s and lives in the Bronx with her unemployed mother, who did not graduate from college. So when her high-school counselor and her Ph.D.-educated aunt urged her to apply to Cornell, on her path to becoming a veterinarian, she had her doubts. But she also had her hopes. “It was one of those, ‘I’ll give it a shot, boost my ego a little bit,’” she said, laughing infectiously, of her decision to apply. ....
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After a tumultuous year, classrooms are talking about the murder of George Floyd. April 21, 2021Updated 5:11 p.m. ET Teaching the Chauvin verdict On Wednesday, many teachers will have a big topic to discuss with their students: the news that a jury convicted Derek Chauvin of murder for the killing of George Floyd. We reached out to some of the educators who have been in touch with this newsletter to see how they’ll handle it. Emily Beenen, an English teacher in Albuquerque, N.M., said she will have “just a very simple debrief” with her students, and then ask them some basic questions: What do you think? How do you feel? ....
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After a Year of Turmoil, Elite Universities Welcome More Diverse Freshman Classes The aftermath of the George Floyd protests and a decreased reliance on standardized tests have led to more diverse admissions at elite universities. Jianna Curbelo, a high school senior from the Bronx, will attend Cornell University in the fall.Credit.Desiree Rios for The New York Times April 17, 2021, 11:54 a.m. ET Jianna Curbelo attends a career-focused public high school in New York City, works at McDonald’s and lives in the Bronx with her unemployed mother, who did not graduate from college. So when her high-school counselor and her Ph.D.-educated aunt urged her to apply to Cornell, on her path to becoming a veterinarian, she had her doubts. But she also had her hopes. ....