COVID school shutdowns: One year later
From spotty communication and shaken trust in school leaders’ ability to keep communities safe to moments of joy and connection, what happened at Treadwell was a preview of the challenges and successes to come in pandemic education.
We’ve lost a lot this past year. Here’s what we gained.
A year after the death of a beloved staff member, the Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy community in the Detroit Public Schools Community District copes with grief and closure
Brooklyn Democracy Academy Principal Dez-Ann Romain died of the coronavirus. Here’s how her NYC school persevered after losing their leader to COVID-19.
On the coronavirus anniversary, Chalkbeat reflects on what we’ve learned about schools during a period of disrupted learning.
At first I was adrift. Then I found purpose.
Denver’s Newlon Elementary School has some students at home and some learning in person. On the anniversary of nationwide school shutdowns, here’s a look at how they adapted.
Joicki Floyd, a high school teacher in Newark, has gone to extraordinary lengths to reach her students during the past year of remote learning — all while looking after her own children and coping with personal loss during the pandemic.
New to the classroom this ‘unprecedented’ year, I was plagued with doubt.
Parents and educators sent emails to federal officials early on that foreshadowed what would become the most stubborn challenges for schools during the pandemic.
On the first anniversary of nationwide school shutdowns caused by the coronavirus, Chalkbeat is looking back on this tough year in education.
The Avon district is trying to have as normal a year as possible in the midst of a pandemic — but it comes with the challenge of students and teachers spending weeks, sometimes adding up to months, out of school for quarantines.