Today in Global Studies we& #39;re using this episode of the Ezra Klein Show as a text for an online seminar about the merits of reopening the economy vs maintaining strict stay-at-home orders vs some yet to be defined third option.
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I am now in my eighth week of remote learning and I have to say the podcast as text has become integral to my online teaching routine. It gets them away from a screen, exposes them to unusual voices & perspectives, and relevance, relevance, relevance.

Schools house thousands of bodies at a time and should be one of the last things in society to re-open. As teachers, we should be bracing ourselves for the long haul and school systems should be prepping contingency plans for the fall: laptops, mifi devices, teacher PD, etc.

The Covid-19 crisis has illuminated the wide tech gaps between school systems. If leaders aren& #39;t taking actions to reduce those gaps by fall, it& #39;s pedagogical malpractice.

This thread is the best I& #39;ve read on the work ahead. https://twitter.com/ConnMc/status/1243252949909778432?s=09">https://twitter.com/ConnMc/st...