This is Going to Make Our System Better.
May 25, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. After delivering 10,000 devices, thousands of Wi-Fi hot spots, and 300,000 meals per week, Mobile County Public Schools created a hybrid system of instructional packets, online instruction, and television instruction…
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.…
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,…
There Are So Many Unknowns.
April 27, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. Corey Miklus became superintendent of Seaford (Delaware) Public Schools in January. On March 13 he closed the buildings to students. “These are some challenging times, but we’re figuring it out…
They Are Rising to the Challenge.
April 23, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. “This is different. This is hard for some of our parents. We have to show compassion and patience,” says Faith Belle-Lucy, principal of Dr. Robert W. Gilliard Elementary in Mobile,…
Creating the New Normal Day by Day
April 20, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. We are “creating the new normal,” Superintendent Dr. Nicholas Stirling says. As his schools closed this spring, Valley Stream 30 in Nassau County, New York, phased in its response. The…