Stephen A. Guerriero is a sixth grade Social Studies teacher in Needham and is Vice President for Communications of the Needham Teachers Association. He also serves on the National Policy Advisory Board of Teach Plus, an organization that promotes teacher voice in educational policy decisions at all levels.
We Learned a Lot About What Our Students Actually Need This Year. Now We Must Do Better.
We have all been steeped in the vivid, traumatic consequences of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, particularly with regard to a year of disrupted learning for our kids. As educators, we have an...
Schools Must Prepare Now to Address Student and Teacher Trauma
My students and I are entering our tenth week of remote learning, all of us isolated from one another and from our shared classroom space. I know that each student has adapted and coped in different...