School After COVID-19
Why Can We Have Halloween But Not Homeroom?
Upset parents are demanding answers about reopening schools as they watch COVID-19 case counts ramp back up while unmasked groups convene for sport and fun.…
Mental Health Should Be a Top Priority at Schools This Fall
As COVID-19 disrupted school for children statewide, many educators were focused on maintaining academic progress. That’s certainly important. But in my experience, as a public…
Supt. Susan Enfield on Her Commitment to Feed, Connect and Educate Every Student
The reality is if our students are hungry, they’re not going to learn. If they can’t access the internet, they’re not going to learn. And…
Creating Equitable Learning Environments Doesn’t Mean Reinventing the Wheel
The dueling crises of COVID-19 and systemic racial injustice have created a pivotal moment that not only demands a transformation of our school system, but…
How I’m Helping My Child With Special Needs Navigate Remote Learning
My children always start school two weeks before everyone else. So after two weeks of e-learning—or what I am calling two-weeks “in the trenches”—I feel…
4 Tips to Prioritize Students’ Dignity During Remote Learning
Have you ever revisited your philosophy of teaching? I don’t mean the progressive policies you ardently advocate for at faculty meetings or on Facebook; I…
It’s Online But It’s Still School. Here Are 4 Tips for Your Child’s Success.
It’s late August and school is happening from home. The pandemic has forced us to reimagine school whether we like it or not. Remote learning…
Black People, We’re Tired. But Letting Up on Education Is Letting Up on Our Kids.
For the past few weeks I’ve been going in on everything and everybody I feel has a hand in blocking the progression of and crusade…
3 Questions Every Educator Should Ask to Prepare for School This Year
There are some things we understand much better today than we did four months ago. Leading school districts and schools of all grade levels during…
Our School Already Started and It’s Not Like Anything I’ve Ever Seen
School buildings closed across the country last spring, and now, they are reopening. The reopening plans vary state to state, city to city, and from…
