COVID-19
It's Not a Radical Idea to Let Students Keep the Technology and Internet
COVID-19 has been a disaster for virtually every institution and education is no exception. With that being said, there has been one positive development—the proliferation of education technologies...
Charter Schools
Three Lessons We Learned Through This Pandemic in 2020
It’s easy to view remote learning through the lens of its deficits. After all, there’s really no substitute for the face-to-face rapport with an excellent teacher. As an educator supporting public...
COVID-19
There Are Actually a Few Things I'll Bring Into My Real Classroom Once This Is Over
For families, students and staff, the start of this year was markedly different from past years. In place of student schedules and bus routes, our students received a set of Zoom links and email...
Literacy
Kids Need to Write More. A Lot More.
Growing up with teachers for parents, my siblings and I were taught that writing is an indispensable skill. We attended rigorous schools and enrichment programs that provided us with many...
COVID-19
What if We Actually Embraced Technology in the Classroom?
The academic spring semester took an extraordinary turn as the coronavirus pandemic swept the world. State shutdowns and stay-at-home orders shuttered schools and colleges, with 98% of institutions...
COVID-19
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 district to district. The options have been...