Interviewing teachers across the US about their experiences this year, and their stories are gut-wrenching. Several have broken into tears mid-interview (which has caused me to tear up). I'm not sure we as a society should ever be forgiven for how we treated teachers this year.

100% have pushed back on the "learning loss" narrative. 100%. And I'm talking to teachers in cities hit hardest by COVID, teachers of students with developmental disabilities who are non-verbal, etc. The creative genius of teachers responding in this moment is awe-inspiring.

Our research team is deeply committed to responding to the gifts these teachers are giving us by representing their stories with the respect and dignity they deserve. Honored to share their voices with you, hopefully mid-summer.

To all the teachers volunteering to talk to us while teaching during a pandemic: first, thank you so much and the generosity of you and others during this time continues to blow us away. Second, we have a tiny research team of 5 with only 1 full-time person (me)...

and we already have close to 100 teachers we haven't interviewed yet from our original call, so it's unlikely that we'll be able to interview you, however it's not impossible and we'll do our best to reach out. Thank you again, truly.

That said, all of our research protocols and materials from last summer's study are here and can be easily replicated, not only by university-based researchers but state, district, school, etc. leaders: https://osf.io/2fjtc/ 

I also want to give massive credit to the director of our lab @bjfr who, last spring, shifted a big portion of @mit_tsl's work to capture the experiences of students, teachers, school leaders, etc. during COVID and drove the efforts to do a second round of this work this spring.