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Don’t Ban Virtual School. Improve It.
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Bolstering the urgency of getting everyone back in person.
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Backlash related to school closures fails to materialize, at least so far.
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Day After Inauguration, Biden Welcomes Teachers Union Leaders to White House
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Will 2020 Nurture Transformation, or a Return to Normal?
To last in the long term, new processes have to show they're better than old ones
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Hacks for Schools to Support Parents of Younger Remote Students
Avoid exhausting students to the point of disengagement
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Reopening Decisions Are Mostly a Matter of Trust
"Many low-income and working-class parents don’t trust their kids’ schools to keep them safe."
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The Case for Case Studies: Teaching During Covid-19
“A kid who decided to break a police car window to steal masks from an officer, who arrests people attempting to enter stores without a mask”
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