Listening to Educators of Color
The Education Trust and E4E recently convened a small group of educators of color from across the country to hear about their experiences during the sudden shift to distance learning.…
Mirrors and Windows: Investing in Educators of Color
July 08, 2020 by Katie Caster I teach middle school science and English as a second language (K-5) in Boston Public Schools. I am adopted from El Salvador. Every day, I bring my Latinidad into the…
What Did We Hear? What Did We Learn?
July 01, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. In a lively conversation, Tanji Reed Marshall and Karin Chenoweth wrap up Season 3, ExtraOrdinary Districts in Extraordinary Times, by talking through what they have heard from school and district…
We’ve Been Planning, Planning, Planning.
June 29, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. “If we’re face-to-face, we’ll be pretty good with that. If we’re remote, we’re 80% there,” says superintendent Corey Miklus in Seaford, Delaware, about the upcoming fall semester. “The real question…
Schools That Already Had Cohesive Cultures Did the Best.
June 24, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. Dr. Sonja Santelises joins ExtraOrdinary Districts in Extraordinary Times to discusses the Black Lives Matter protests and the decisions she faces as superintendent of Baltimore in planning for the return…
Our Hope Is to Come Back as Close to Normal as We Possibly Can.
June 19, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. By using gyms and deploying every possible teacher, even if they don’t have all the proper certifications, Steubenville’s superintendent Melinda Young is hoping to “open up all day every day.”…
Virtual Learning on Steroids.
June 17, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. Increased costs in the face of massive budget cuts means that the already difficult task of re-opening school buildings becomes even more complicated. “It’s overwhelming,” says Vincent Romano, principal of…
OPINION: Fixing the Communication Gaps Between High School and Higher Ed
June 11, 2020 by Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D., Tiffany Jones How can K–12 educators work with leaders in higher education to make the transition from high school to college or career pathways more equitable? The Education Trust, a Washington, D.C.-based…
#COVID19PBL Educators Connecting Across the Distance and Exhibiting Anti-Racist Values
June 11, 2020 by Joe Truss My school’s transition to distance learning was much like a lot of principals. We rushed to pass out technology, upload assignments to Google Classroom, and anguished about how we would…