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Do-it-yourself educational lessons

Joy Hakim
3.27.2020
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Joy Hakim runs a storyteller's website intended for anyone who likes to learn—at home, in school, or wherever. It may take you places in the past you haven't been before. It deals with big ideas and true stories, many of which are about science. Its offerings may be helpful for families adjusting to home instruction during the COVID-19 crisis. See it here. 

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Joy Hakim has been a teacher in Syracuse, New York, Omaha, Nebraska, and Virginia Beach, Virginia. She's taught in elementary school, middle school, high school, and in a community college. She's also been a newspaperwoman: a reporter for The Ledger-Star in Norfolk, VA, a business writer and editorial writer for the The Virginian-Pilot, as well as a freelancer for a number of publications including the The Wall Street…

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