How do we close an unconventional school year and plan for the uncertainty ahead? Reflect.
The following post first appeared on the Newsela blog.
Recently, “Congratulations, 6th grade grad!”...
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Before schools closed in March, I sat in on a lesson planning meeting with an Algebra II teaching team working on how to bring context to a lesson on linear and exponential change. In the air was...
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When I joined Chemeketa Community College, in Salem, Oregon, in 2011, word quickly got around that the English department finally had a faculty member who could check the box for Hispanic on the job...
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Jeff Trudeau is in the unique position of being one of only a few educators able to take some highly educated guesses about what it will be like to reopen schools after coronavirus ceases to be a...
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Ready for some real talk? None of us knows what we’re doing. Pandemic Teaching 101 simply wasn’t offered back when we were in college. Neither was Advanced Topics in Education while...
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I write this post with a heavy heart. The news of yet another unarmed black man dying in the hands of white police officers—this time, George Floyd, a 46-year-old father of two—is unbelievably...
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At East High School in Madison, Wisconsin, an equity vision statement has long defined the faculty’s commitment to meeting the needs of every student:
“East High School is intentional in...
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With school and other closures affecting school-aged kids nationwide, it’s impossible not to think about the mental health effects this pandemic may be having on children and teenagers.
I sat down...
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School counselors have a unique role to fill while schools are shut down due to COVID-19 and, like teachers, they may still be adjusting to their new normal and trying to figure out the best way to...
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The current COVID-19 crisis has brought social-emotional learning (SEL) to the forefront in a new way as districts, teachers, parents, and students deal with anxiety, uncertainty, and the potentially...
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One of the common practices of any art, regardless of its form, is a focus on fundamentals. Whether practicing scales for a musician, free throws for a basketball player, or movements for an actor,...
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Schools around the nation have closed for the school year and moved to online learning to try to help their students keep up. It’s likely that next year, as noted in a recent NWEA brief, students...
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