equity
This Texas District Didn't Wait for the Feds to Create #InternetForAll Their Kids
Mark Estrada, superintendent of Lockhart Independent School District, says the first day of in-person classes went pretty well considering the COVID-19 pandemic—with about 45% of students inside the...
COVID-19
We Can and Must Repair the Damage This Pandemic Is Causing Our Students
Across America, teachers and administrators have managed to cobble together classes, whether through in-person attendance, virtually or a hybrid. Getting this strangest of school years up and running...
opportunity gap
If We Don't Do Something Radical Now We Will Fail Our Kids
This has not been the “back to school” we look forward to each year. In these early days of the new school year, it has already been an incredibly difficult time for students, families and teachers....
California
COVID Can't Stop Ms. Gutierrez From Nurturing Her Students' Love of Reading
Many students are looking to escape the harsh realities of COVID-19. Online learning, social distancing, closure of many businesses and recreation areas, and the struggling economy has brought about...
equity
Kids Need Remote Learning to Be Culturally Relevant, Too
Last spring, amidst the uprisings following the immediate failure to bring any sort of justice for George Floyd’s murder, I received a Google Hangout video call from a student I will call Sean....
COVID-19
Let's Offer College Credit for National Service
Thanks to the pandemic, college as we knew it has been seriously disrupted. This year could be the biggest gap year ever for recent high school graduates delaying starting college. At the same time,...