As we suspend so many realities during pandemic teaching, we also need to reconceptualize. A child’s at-home school work area is her learning workshop. Most classroom tropes do not apply. Continue reading
What Did We Learn? Lesson #6: Teachers And Classrooms Have Come A Long Way, Baby!
Remote education has moved teaching and learning from the historic classroom to the contemporary instructional studio. Concurrent teaching to in-school and at-home learners is a game changer. Continue reading
What Did We Learn? Lesson #5 – Teaching Today Requires A Rethought Teacher Prep
Changes in how we prepare teachers were growing pre-pandemic and have become more demanding within the pandemic. We can do this. Continue reading
What Did We Learn? Lesson #4 – The Value, Cost and Worth of an Education
The pandemic causes us to consider the value, cost and worth of an education. The answer to each is different and and all three are informative to what we are willing to do to teach and learn. Continue reading
What Have We Learned: Lesson #3 – School Is More Than School
The word school implies place yet is all-encompassing of the programs, services, and valued connections that children, parents, adults and community derive from school. When the schoolhouse closes, we appreciate the real meaning of school. Continue reading