Reopening Schools: 5 Strategies for Learning Loss How Should Schools Address Learning Loss? Coronavirus Learning Loss: How Districts are Responding How to Address Learning Loss Due to COVID-19 Addressing Learning Loss in 2021 These are titles of actual articles about
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“Ok, class we’re going to kiss that phrase goodbye!” said the teacher, as she put a sticky note on a cute bulletin board shaped like lips that include phrases they would never say again. Already on the list is “hanitizer”
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The scene is set in the front office of a school before teachers have returned to work. There are two people, the school office manager, and the principal, sitting and working separately on their computers. The hustle and bustle of
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The 2020-2021 school year is coming to a close. Just like saying goodbye to the 2020 calendar year, I don’t think 2021-2022 is going to be a silver bullet of “normalcy.” I am hoping for some things to go back
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There was an organizational strategy I read about a while ago (I cannot remember where) that specifically helped organize the tasks on your to-do list based on the energy you need to complete it. You listed all the things you
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Co-written with guest bloggers Elizabeth Buchmann and Christina Bustos Tonight, we expect to hear whether our district will continue requiring masks in school or make them optional. The statewide mask mandate in K-12 schools has been revoked. Tonight we speak
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My name is Melissa Girmscheid, my pronouns are she/her. This statement, I will admit, has taken practice to get used to. I spent years not seeing the need to declare what pronouns describe me while my first name is
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Which teaching model best serves students in a pandemic? This year has shown that there is not a one size fits all model for teaching in a pandemic and that no matter which learning model you have chosen there are
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