This summer, it feels like there is a lot at stake. My son is about to enter high school and my daughter is entering middle school. For most of the past year, my kids participated in distance learning, and we didn’t go to our favorite museums, festivals, or concerts. How do we make the most…
“I really like paper and pencils,” my son recently told his fourth grade teacher during a Zoom call. He’d asked if he could complete a math worksheet on paper rather than on the computer. Instead of providing a printable worksheet, the teacher offered to guide him through the online process. I was too tired to…
Education in America came to a virtual standstill after schools were ordered closed in a nationwide effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus. School officials were left scrambling and most parents were in a state of disbelief. Admirably, the message most families heard was while buildings would be closed, education would continue, somehow. And…