So. Many. Feelings. It’s been a bit (time has been very tight) so for a recap: My school’s zip code saw a spike in Covid cases early in October and was shut down to in person learning until further notice. I have been teaching remotely from home for the past 3 weeks. Just as I …
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Week 2
I now have a KN95 mask labelled for each day of the week. I feel more confident about driving to work. I miss my reading time on the subway. There are still way more questions than answers about how this school year is supposed to look. For example…attendance is usually pretty straightforward. The student is …
So…What is happening?
First I was going to write about how I was tired of seeing comments (generally from a bunch of dudes) about how teachers are lazy and “the worst” because we have the audacity to request a basic level of safety when considering opening schools during a pandemic. If teaching and education in general was a …
Letter of Displeasure
I wrote this letter to my council person regarding reopening in person school. I hope if you share my concerns, you will do the same: Dear Councilman, I am a ______ resident and an experienced educator in the New York City Department of Education. I have never been as anxious and skeptical about an upcoming …
Continuing the debate…
I’m not sure what there is left to say about the subject of reopening schools. Kylene Beers (author of When Kids Can’t Read – necessary reading if you have the inclination) wrote an eloquent rebuke to school boards considering this issue here: http://kylenebeers.com/blog/2020/07/11/thinking-about-re-opening-your-schools-read-this-first/?fbclid=IwAR2acq6dWVpxZ6l3ZutX9M9aPePCeNPus7HLizkG7RffzHxELfM1YrSxHCc We can debate all day about the concerns, the implications for learning …
Meditations on Literature and Literacy...Continued 