New York City public high schools will reopen March 22 for some in-person learning, after more than two months of fully remote instruction for their students. About 55,000 students and 17,000 school staff are expected to return to 488 high schools, the city’s Department of Education said Monday morning. In …
Read More »: ‘They can’t coerce the states into doing anything:’ Biden does NOT have the power to enforce in-person learning at K-8 schools — here’s why
Over the past few weeks the question of whether the Biden administration will achieve a campaign promise to reopen the majority of schools in its first 100 days — and what that goal even means — has occupied the airwaves and the minds of students, parents and teachers. After the …
Read More »Last Minute Gift Guide: Classes & Learning
I’ve collected some incredible options for last-minute gifts — all centered around classes and learning. There are ideas for all ages and interests — lots of really fun and useful options. And they’re especially timely while we’re all still sheltering in place through the holidays and beyond. Come see what …
Read More »Some Steps to Help Us Get Started on our Anti-Racism Learning
Hey fellow white people. Like me, if you were born in America and grew up in America, you were raised to be racist. Even if we like to think we “don’t see color”. Even if we can’t identify anything racist we’ve ever said or done or thought. Even if our …
Read More »(Social) Distance Learning
How about a piece of good news today? Some of you know I run a conference called Alt Summit. Something you might not know is that the Alt Summit Community is largely made up of small businesses and freelancers, and boy oh boy so many in our community are struggling …
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