Pandemic education made Internet connectivity an essential for children learning at home and remotely, teachers teaching from home, and all parents working from home. High speed Internet for every community and every home should be a priority in a new federal plan for the national infrastructure. Continue reading
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This spring a school needs to conduct a full battery of curricula assessments for each child enrolled. Teachers, parents, and children need to know the status of child learning to plan appropriately for the 21-22 school year. Continue reading
School Board Work Is A Wonderful Responsibility
School boardsmanship requires members to act with integrity and respect, be informed about and by their schools, represent children and their education, and be legislators not executives. It is a wonderful responsibility. Continue reading
What We Learned – The School We Miss Did Many Things Very Well
Every national crisis includes a discussion of public education. In some way, schooling always is involved. As we evolve through the pandemic, our discussion points to attributes of public education we miss because we value them even more in their absence. Continue reading
Remote Education Is An Emergency Response Not A New Parent Choice Option
Remote education for non-home school children is an emergency strategy that is unsustainable over time without significant restructuring of teaching assignments and regulatory support. Continue reading