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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 like I am ready to offer suggestions to all...

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student support

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 mean that one-page declaration you typed as...

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COVID-19

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 means that my 8-year-old will be next to me while I work....

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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...

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opportunity gap

It Is Absolutely Necessary for Kids to Have Free, Reliable Internet Access

Earlier this week one of my friends posted a Facebook status that said her daughter started distance learning and during one of the class sessions she heard another parent say, “How long does this...

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COVID-19

Let's Get This Bag From the Government to Build Our Freedom Schools

Black people, it’s time to claim our bag and finally build an educational system that works for us! Back in March I wrote about how we need to end the pandemic that is racism in our public schools. I...

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