A COVID bonus. There’s a silver lining to every dark cloud. In the case of the COVID 19 epidemic, the unheralded benefit is universities’ crackdown on big parties. Restrictions on the number of people who can gather in one place puts a huge crimp in fraternity life at James Madison University, which is rated No. 33 for top party schools in America, reports the Daily News-Record. Let’s speculate about the downstream consequences… Tighter COVID-19 restrictions means fewer drunken parties… which means less drunken party sex… which means less “regret” sex. One can predict that fewer cases of regret sex will translate into fewer accusations of rape and sexual assault. We are witnessing a fascinating social scientific experiment. I hope someone is tracking the numbers.
Meanwhile, in the racial healing department…. The Virginia Department of Education offers its monthly #EdEquityVa webinar series to provide educators with “professional learning opportunities” to advance “education equity.” This month’s offerings for Racial Equity & Anti-Racism include:
- Webinar: Do America’s Public Schools Owe Black People Reparations? (Communities in Schools)
- Schools Confronting Racism and Community Pushback: Three Lessons from ‘Sounds Like Hate’ (Teaching Tolerance)
- ‘Too loud. Too assertive. Too defiant’: How to Create Better, Safer Learning Environments for Girls of Color (The Education Trust)
- Dismantling Systemic Racism in Schools: Big Ideas (Education Week)
- A System Disrupted: COVID-19’s Impact on Educational (In)Equity (Communities in Schools)