Achievement Gap
It's Time to Acknowledge That This Is the New Normal
To call the last few weeks hard, unprecedented and surreal feels trite. We are facing a pandemic unlike any in the last century and it is only a matter of time before it impacts each of us in deeply...
COVID-19
Waiting Out the Coronavirus as a Third-Grader
Public schools in Washington, D.C., shut down in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak at the end of the school day on March 13, 2020. They are currently slated to reopen in late April. Owain...
equity
It Should Not Take a Pandemic to Ensure That Every Child Has Food
Kasserianingera, this is a greeting of the Masai people of Africa, simply translated as, “And how are the children?” Because the Masai place their children’s well-being in high esteem, the response...
Special Education
Real Talk From Parents Homeschooling Children With Disabilities
Parents of children with disabilities are already some of the strongest, fiercest and most exhausted parent advocates for quality schools during regular times. So sure, add on a national pandemic,...
opportunity gap
Will This Pandemic Force Us to Boldly Address the Inequities in Our Schools?
I live right off Route 206, a mostly two-lane road that begins in the Pinelands of southern New Jersey, winds 130 miles north to Stokes State Forest, and ends in Dingman Township, Pennsylvania. One...
equity
COVID-19 Shows Why We Need Public Schools Now More Than Ever
“Mr. Kelly, what happens next?” As a teacher, I have heard some version of that question countless times in different circumstances over the years. However, I have never faced that question more than...