Monthly Archives: April 2020

Teaching and Learning in Education’s Lifeboats in the Time of COVID

Remote education is mandatory home schooling. This is not and cannot be made into regular schooling. We need to adjust our current understanding and expectations of remote education to our real circumstances. Continue reading →

Essential: The New Occam Razor in the Time of COVID

Post-COVID schools may need to be different than pre-COVID schools. Continuing mitigation will be part of re-opening. We also will integrate what we learned about about remote teaching and learning into new schooling designs. Continue reading →

In The Time of COVID, Moms Do Not Have To Be Teachers

In the time of COVID, parents are not responsible for teaching children their remote lessons. School house closure just means that teachers teach remotely – they still are responsible for all teaching. Continue reading →

Remote Education in the Lifeboats

School, teaching and learning constitute a culture for youth, educators and a community. A school house, not necessary for essential education, is more than a place. Closing a school house is a significant decision assuaged by the promise of a safe re-opening in the future. Continue reading →

Making Instruction Whole Post-COVID 19

The most significant challenge for schools and COVID 19 is not remote education while schools are closed, but how we will make each child academically whole so there is not a COVID-based educational deficit. Continue reading →