How is everybody’s weekend going? Thanks for spending part of your Sunday reading the Six.
The line up today features articles on much-needed data on schools and in-person learning, the rise and fall of an 90’s rapper and the best horror movies for Halloween.
Let’s proceed with the Six:
Schools Are Not Super-Spreaders
This is an informative article via The Atlantic on a study of data on the virus from school re-openings. Early returns are that schools are not super-spreaders. Are there cases? Of course. But this is positive early data (presented in a dashboard format) in favor of schools not only re-opening, but doing so full time sometime during the 2020-21 school year.
The Scholastic Aptitude Test goes back almost 100 years, when a Princeton psychologist designed the first exam as a means to advance the eugenics movement. Now in 2020, the exam, run by the non-profit College Board, is under scrutiny. This is a well-researched article from Forbes and exposes problems that threaten what is a billion-dollar business.
The Battleground Between Football, the Virus and Schools
This is a USA Today piece that doesn’t cover a ton of new ground related to the virus, sports and schools, but the story lede is an anecdote from Chicago. An football player moved out of the city to Michigan, so he can play football and help secure his college future. Transferring out of state has happened throughout Illinois with varying degrees of success. We’ll see what happens when the next shoe, basketball, drops.
The Rise And Fall of Vanilla Ice
For anyone in their 40’s or early 50’s, Vanilla Ice immediately conjures up memories of first few years of 90’s culture—big hair, big loud, colorful pants and the evolution of hip-hop. How did a white kid from suburban Dallas become one of the biggest stars of rap? It was a wild ride that lasted a flash before it crashed for Robert Van Winkle (aka Vanilla Ice). Don’t feel too bad for VI, he didn’t spend all his ‘Ice’ money on wine, women and song. He invested wisely and is a wealthy guy in 2020.
It seems just a few years ago, the word ‘woke’ meant nothing but past tense for snapping out of a deep sleep. Now, its meaning is layered and politicized. This articles does a good job tracing the history of the word and its evolution since the beginning of the decade.
Scariest Horror Movies For Halloween
This is a really good list, with a mix of newer films with older classics like “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Carrie.” Could watch one every night from now until October 31 and not get through the entire list. A “Night of the Living Dead” re-watch is on today’s post-Bears game itinerary.
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