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Rising COVID cases are derailing plans by school districts across the country to reopen their buildings and pushing some schools that had opened to close once again. Just this week, the Detroit school district suspended all in-person learning until January. Health officials ordered schools in Indianapolis to do the same. Philadelphia put its plans to bring young students back…
Closing schools is a civil rights problem – federal funding should be at stake
We are quickly approaching the one-year mark since Governor Wolf first closed schools back on March 13, 2020. Depending on where you live in the state, especially in low-income communities, your child still may not be attending school in-person. There are federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex,…
I’m not a licensed teacher. How do I do a good job when I have to sub?
Follow the teacher’s lesson plan. Form relationships with students. When all else fails, use your acting skills. I am a non-licensed central office district employee. There are times over the past years when I have been required to substitute in schools. What is the best way to establish relationships with the students and have a…
Don’t blame the test for the small number of minorities at elite NYC high schools
The class of ninth-graders that in September will enter the city’s eight “specialized high schools” — entry to which is determined solely by doing well on a standardized test — will be substantially less black and Latino than before. Per Department of Education data, black and Latino kids, who make up almost 70 percent of…
Virtual Instruction Isn’t Getting High Marks From Parents, But Many Still Prefer It
Parents whose children are learning in person full time are the most pleased with the quality of their child’s education. The hybrid on/off approach, meanwhile, isn’t providing much more academic benefit than purely virtual instruction, according to parents. And while parents of fully virtual students are less satisfied than parents of kids attending school in…
Tutors wanted: Inside the nationwide sprint to build big new programs to catch students up
Oklahoma education officials came up with an ambitious plan to help students who struggled during the pandemic: build a 500-person math tutoring corps. The goal is to have 250 tutors in place by January. But first, the state has to find them. Already, they’ve changed their recruiting approach. After assuming most of the tutors would…
