We Have the Opportunity & I Hope We Don’t Waste It.
May 28, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. Jennifer Robbins, principal of Ladd Acres Elementary School in Hillsboro, Oregon, has been collecting and studying data about which of her school’s students are showing up to distance learning classes…
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Promising Practices of Distance Learning During COVID-19
May 13, 2020 by Tiffany Taber Most schools are now several weeks into distance learning, and many districts are striving to address the myriad challenges in serving students with a focus on equity. One such school…
Our Schools Were Not Built for This.
May 11, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. That sounds like an obvious statement, says Daniel St. Louis, principal of University Park Campus School (UPCS) in Worcester, Massachusetts. But “a big part of how we see our identity…
We Would be Wrong to Believe That Education Won’t be Transformed Forever.
May 07, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. “It hurts my heart tremendously” to know that gaps in achievement will grow during the shutdown of school buildings, says Jennie Black, principal of Washington Elementary in Junction City, Kansas.…
Appreciating Teachers of Color
May 06, 2020 by Eric Duncan, J.D. Ever since Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) moved to online classes due to COVID-19, Keara Williams, a South L.A. high school teacher, has been calling her students’ homes and…
Recognizing Teachers Who Teach Advanced Coursework
May 04, 2020 by Letisha Marrero APUSH: That’s the sardonic acronym that students in our neighborhood high school call Advanced Placement United States History. To most ninth graders — including my child — the class is…
We’re Trying Not to Overwhelm Them, Because They Are Living Through a Pandemic.
May 04, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. Before their school building closed, teachers and leaders at Garfield Prep Academy in Washington, D.C., learned as much as they could about COVID-19 and shared that with students and parents.…
Why Did We Even Think That Could Work?
April 30, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. Educators in Steubenville, Ohio, have been scrambling ever since hearing that their schools might close. With no clear standards for how to operate schools remotely, they have been trying things,…