Zachary Wright
Blogger
Assistant Professor of Practice
Collingswood, New Jersey
RECENT POSTS
Posted Dec. 9, 2020
Here’s How You Prepare Teachers to Teach in a Pandemic
We continue to live in a Brave New World—of Zoom rooms and Google Meets, virtual check-ins, Seesaw, Flipgrid and Nearpod.…
Posted Oct. 19, 2020
Here’s How Your Vote Impacts Your Kid’s School
We all know the top ballot item for November: who would be President of the United States. Most of us…
Posted Oct. 8, 2020
Internet Access Is a National Crisis, So Who’s Going To Fix It?
It’s October, almost seven months into a pandemic that has turned the world upside down. Since the shutdowns in March,…
Posted Aug. 13, 2020
Demand #InternetForAll for 15 Million Students Who Are #LoggedOut
On Wednesday, August 26, education activists and organizations around the country are staging a national day of action, demanding that…
Posted July 22, 2020
Teachers, We Need to Get Our Knees Off Our Students’ Necks
Debate is raging across the country on how to return to school in the fall. The Trump administration, considering their…
Posted July 16, 2020
A Student Who Is Ineffectively Taught by an Anti-Racist Teacher Is Not Receiving Justice
Last Sunday educators, students, and families marched in Philadelphia demanding a long overdue anti-racist action in the city’s schools, insisting…
Posted June 11, 2020
From West Philly to the Jersey Suburbs, We Can All Take Steps to Change the World
I remember my years at The University of Vermont (UVM) in the early 2000s as days of idealism—passionate people driven…
Posted Apr. 28, 2020
Don’t Let Them Fool You: The FCC Has Done Nothing New to Connect Kids
They almost had me. After weeks and weeks of working and fighting for the FCC to guarantee the educational rights…
Posted Mar. 31, 2020
Millions of Low-Income Students Are Being Denied Access to Internet
Access to public education is now a fundamental right. All 50 states mandate public education in their state constitutions. Once…
Posted Mar. 13, 2020
If We’re Going to Be Home From Work, We Might as Well Make a Difference
Due to Covid-19, whether we want to or not, our work lives may have to be a whole lot closer…
