Reading, Remote Learning, and Diversity

Note the remote learning item below.

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WEEKEND READ: Socially-Distanced School Day | Remote Learning | COVID-19 Learning Loss | More

There are some useful items below for readers of this space.

You have been facing unprecedented challenges, new ways of teaching and learning, and monumental decisions since the onset of the pandemic. Education Week has been with you every step of the way, anticipating your most critical information needs, providing proprietary research, analysis, and insight, and getting it into your hands as quickly as possible. The result of this focused work is an 8-part series of How We Go Back To School. We are already back in school, but you will still want to reference this huge library of work to brush up on areas where you are feeling challenged, or gain additional perspective on how teachers and administrators are surviving—or thriving—across the country. Plus, there are great visual resources and downloadable PDFs to use from each part of the series. Bookmark it, and refer to it again and again. Part 1: The Socially Distanced School Day Part 2: Scheduling the School Year Part 3: Tackling the Transportation Problem Part 4: How to Make Remote Learning Work Part 5: Teaching and Learning in the Pandemic Part 6: Overcoming COVID-19 Learning Loss Part 7: Teaching Social-Emotional Skills Amid COVID-19 Part 8: Closing COVID-19 Equity Gaps in Schools We hope you find the deep insights and perspective on the major issues and decisions schools are facing right now useful. Your support makes this happen. If you are not already a subscriber, please consider one of these low-cost options. PREMIUM DIGITAL is $20 for four months, or try a monthly subscription for $5 for a limited time. Find out how your entire organization can benefit from premium digital access. Follow us:

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[Special Report] Big Ideas For Confronting Racism In Education

Following on the statement from AERA and NAEd, this special report might be helpful.

 Big ideas on addressing anti-Black systemic racism in schools. View as a webpage.

View the Education Week special report, Big Ideas For Confronting Racism In Education online now 2020 has been a year like no other. The pandemic not only altered life as we know it, it also exposed the deep fault lines in our nation’s schools. The nation has also embarked on one of the largest movements in its history, as Black Lives Matter protests surged across the country over the brutal killing of George Floyd in May. Educators see the need to equalize and improve the educational experience for Black students, but they might not have the tools or the support they need to address curriculum, practices, and policies that have long denied Black students the same opportunities to thrive as their white peers. Subscribe today so you can have access to the complete report. Dismantling Systemic Racism in Schools: Big Ideas Get an overview of this fall’s Big Ideas special report, which is dedicated to addressing anti-Black systemic racism in schools. READ MORE   Do America’s Public Schools Owe Black People Reparations? School districts must make amends for their racist history, writes Daarel Burnette II. What should that look like? READ MORE   ‘Was I Part of the Problem?’ A Journalist Studies Her Own Reporting on Race Veteran reporter Debra Viadero invites researchers to scrutinize her decades of reporting for racial bias. READ MORE   Internet Access Is a Civil Rights Issue What Abolishing the Police Means to Me: A Student’s Perspective (Opinion) Are Strained Police Relations With Black Teens a Solvable Problem? Education Week is working tirelessly to deliver deep insights and analysis on the topics you care deeply about. Your support makes this happen. If you are not already a subscriber, please consider this limited-time offer of  PREMIUM DIGITAL for only $9.95 for three months. Or find out how your entire organization can benefit from premium digital access. Feel free to forward this to your colleagues and let them know about this new special report. This message was intended for: mkbarbour@gmail.com. You are currently registered with Education Week and have opted into email communications. Copyright © 2020 Education Week  6935 Arlington Road, Suite 100, Bethesda, MD 20814

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Note the special report below focused on virtual learning.

With the huge changes brought about by the pandemic, and as we enter a very different type of school year, it’s important that you keep up with innovations in the field, and know what is working — or not — so you can maximize your efforts. Education Week goes deeply into topics we know you care about with special reports. Gain the subject matter expertise you are looking for with a premium digital subscription starting as low as $20 for 4 months. You’ll get the full library of special reports as soon as you join.  Here’s just a sample: •  How We Go Back To School •  Taking Care of Teachers •  Social-Emotional Learning: Making It Work •  Technology Counts 2020: Coronavirus, Virtual Learning, and Beyond •  Uprooting Inequities •  Getting Reading Right All of these are waiting for you, plus the news, insights, and analysis found every day on EdWeek.org.  You can expect each special report to shed light on how the education system is shifting amid the current turmoil. You’ll become totally versed on topics like online learning, teacher retention, student motivation, school quality, big ideas in education, and so much more! Special reports are published online as well as in print.  If you would like to be sure you receive the print editions, subscribe now. Want to go paperless? Save on a premium digital subscription, or learn how to save even more with full access for your entire organization. Follow us:

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[Special Report] Closing COVID-19 Equity Gaps in Schools

A special report from Education Week that may be of interest to some readers.

 Explore how to infuse equity in learning plans. View as a webpage.

View Closing COVID-19 Equity Gaps in Schools, the eighth installment of the Education Week special report How We Go Back to School, online now The grim facts of how coronavirus affected the spring are well known by now: Schools and districts scrambled to train teachers in virtual learning and to provide educational materials, including computers and Internet access, to their students. Yet children and youth who already faced educational challenges in normal times possibly lost months of educational progress. The 2020-21 school year doesn’t have to be a retread of the previous months, especially for the most vulnerable students. Education Week talked to dozens of educators and parents and combed through documents on how to infuse equity into learning plans to find a better way. Read limited free stories from this report, or subscribe to get complete access. Fighting for Fairness Amid a Pandemic The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent school shutdowns didn’t create the racial and economic inequities that have been woven into the nation’s educational system for generations, but it deepened them. READ MORE   Do Parents Trust Schools? Where the Fault Lines Are Amid COVID-19 Parents are torn about whether they trust that schools will safeguard their child’s health while they attend in-person classes during the coronavirus pandemic, and their levels of trust vary by race and political affiliation. READ MORE   Bridging Distance for Learners With Special Needs The schooling services that English-language learners and students with disabilities receive don’t always translate well to remote learning. Here’s how schools can help. READ MORE   Shielding Students From the Economic Storm What Schools Can Do to Build Trust: Advice From Parents (Downloadable) Education Week is working tirelessly to deliver deep insights and analysis on the topics you care deeply about. Your support makes this happen. If you are not already a subscriber, please consider this limited-time offer of  PREMIUM DIGITAL for only $9.95 for three months. Or find out how your entire organization can benefit from premium digital access. Feel free to forward this to your colleagues and let them know about this new special report. This message was intended for: mkbarbour@gmail.com. Copyright © 2020 Education Week  6935 Arlington Road, Suite 100, Bethesda, MD 20814