Chelsey Perry
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Athens-Clarke County
Clarke County School District Changes Middle School Grading System Due to Pandemic
After progress reports, some parents may have seen some dramatic changes in their student’s grades. The Clarke County School District has changed its “incomplete” grading policy to a “missing” policy, which means that some students’ grades might have become lower than the day before. The school district announced the…
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Athens-Clarke County
Teachers Navigate Self-Expression In Era of Zoom, Social Movements
Traditional classrooms have turned into scheduled Zoom calls, and in 2020 when social and political movements are on the rise, teachers must navigate what they are allowed to express in a classroom environment, especially when there are additional ears listening besides students. In August 2020, at Alton C. Crews Middle…
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‘It Happened, Thus it Can Happen Again’: Germany’s Past of Silencing the Press
The year is 1933. You are the editor of a small newspaper in Munich, Germany. You receive a telegram early in the morning from Adolf Hitler’s director of propaganda, Josef Goebbels. Goebbels orders you to meet at a discreet location in Berlin, along with several other members of Germany’s press.…
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German Bedtime Stories: Journey from Struwwelpeter to Cinderella
The Filthy Boy You wake up in the middle of the night and a young, blonde, bushy-haired boy towers over your bed. His fingernails crookedly snake up the walls of your room and graze the ceiling. A smell like the inside of a dumpster hangs thick in the air, so…