Sarah E. Komar
@SarahEKomar
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Education reporter @JerseyCityTimes // Past: @newsguardrating, @columbiajourn, @nytimes, @azcentral // Words in @ChalkbeatNY, @diverseissues // DMs open to tips
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Joined September 2019
This is your sign to start a hyperlocal magazine with your roommates
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why did i just tear up reading this?
WOW. A teacher just told me, "I gave one of my 2nd grade (dyslexic) students your nature poetry prompt. He is reluctant to write because of challenges with spelling, but I suspect he’s gifted. I told him just to write and we’d sort out the spelling later. This is what he wrote."
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I was in Crimea in 2014 when Russia sent troops to take over the peninsula. I meticulously documented the war they started in Ukraine in over 100 episodes & several documentaries for VICE News. Russia has been lying about its involvement from the start.
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VICE New brings you on-the-ground coverage of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine: Check out our latest Russia coverage here - http://bit.ly/2wdklJB
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You can tell that a few months ago, every zoo had a big meeting about best practices for engineering their own Moo Deng
We can’t get over how udderly adorable Hamish (pronounced Hay-mish) is! 🐮😍
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How schools fail to inform families about impact of non-diploma track. Via @chalkbeat
https://t.co/Pcx8SFlfML
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This story, which I first started reporting over a year ago (!!) for my @columbiajourn master's project, has truly been a labor of love. I spent months of my nights and weekends turning it into what it has become, and I am so proud of the final product. Thank you to anyone who
Some parents are not fully informed about decisions that have led schools to place children without significant cognitive disabilities on a non-grade-level, non-diploma track.
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Love when they go "beautiful shot of Kansas City" and its just overpasses
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This is an incredible fact check
“FDNY insists the firefighter — who appears to be Ladder 2 Capt. James Sicilian, a 25-year veteran and avid skateboarder — has been traveling to work by skateboard long before congestion pricing kicked into gear on Jan 5.”
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if you’re living in LA, and safe, please share footage of what you’re seeing in the comments here. think it would be good to have a single, easy thread to read, to help people understand how bad it is right now
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They named a new elementary school building in Missouri after the janitor at their school. This rocks so much
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“The centuries of systemic racism that have led to such disparities, combined with anti-DEI efforts that have recently swept the nation, have made it uniquely difficult to create institutional change in the U.S.” - @LoriPattonDavis (by @SarahEKomar)
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"Unblocking the Pipeline: Supporting the Retention, Progression and Promotion of Black Early-Career Academics,” was the culmination of a monthslong survey of Black Early-Career Black Academics by the...
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No, Justin Bieber did not release a song “Lost Myself at a Diddy Party.” Social media users are sharing an audio clip of a purported Justin Bieber song that describes the emotional toll of attending a party hosted by rapper and music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. Audio experts say
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The Musk Effect: A new analysis by NewsGuard has found that in addition to X owner Elon Musk’s own stream of false claims, he is a frequent booster of other misinformation superspreaders, helping through his engagement to increase their follower counts dramatically. Read it in
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graphic design is illegal now i think
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“I’m not sure I’m the most credible source because I don’t actually know the person who lost the cat.” An exclusive NewsGuard report reveals that the explosive claim that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are stealing and eating pets was ultimately based on triple hearsay
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do you think you are capable of love despite being a former college newspaper editor-in-chief?
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