What Did We Hear? What Did We Learn?
July 01, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. In a lively conversation, Tanji Reed Marshall and Karin Chenoweth wrap up Season 3, ExtraOrdinary Districts in Extraordinary Times, by talking through what they have heard from school and district…
We’ve Been Planning, Planning, Planning.
June 29, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. “If we’re face-to-face, we’ll be pretty good with that. If we’re remote, we’re 80% there,” says superintendent Corey Miklus in Seaford, Delaware, about the upcoming fall semester. “The real question…
Schools That Already Had Cohesive Cultures Did the Best.
June 24, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. Dr. Sonja Santelises joins ExtraOrdinary Districts in Extraordinary Times to discusses the Black Lives Matter protests and the decisions she faces as superintendent of Baltimore in planning for the return…
Our Hope Is to Come Back as Close to Normal as We Possibly Can.
June 19, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. By using gyms and deploying every possible teacher, even if they don’t have all the proper certifications, Steubenville’s superintendent Melinda Young is hoping to “open up all day every day.”…
Virtual Learning on Steroids.
June 17, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. Increased costs in the face of massive budget cuts means that the already difficult task of re-opening school buildings becomes even more complicated. “It’s overwhelming,” says Vincent Romano, principal of…
We Have the Resources.
June 11, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. “The money exists to ensure that all students are served,” says Tricia McManus, the brand-new deputy superintendent of Winston-Salem Public Schools in North Carolina. The question, she adds, is whether…
This Is so Much of a Harder Task to Perform.
June 08, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. Providing distance learning is much harder than providing an education in person, says Mary Haynes-Smith, principal of Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School in New Orleans. Bethune is a school that…
We’ve Borrowed the Phrase, ‘Provide Grace’.
June 02, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. “The biggest bonus” of the remote learning that Godwyn Heights School District in Michigan has been doing is the strengthened ties between school and families, says Mary Lang, principal of…
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…