Equality and Equity in Education Everyone deserves access to quality education. When we educate, we empower. Equality and Equity in education are not the same. Equity is when one person learns in one way, and another person learns in a different way, but they each arrive at the same level of understanding. Both should have an education that is designed for their individual success. We strive … [Read more...]
Giving Tuesday 2021
Join us Tuesday November 30th. Students Fall Months Behind in Reading and Math When the pandemic disrupted schools in spring 2020, educators predicted remote learning would set up many children for failure, especially students of color and those from poor families. Test scores from the first months of remote learning showed students falling months behind in reading and math. This fall, as many … [Read more...]
The Effect of COVID-19 on Learning
Disruption of Learning When the pandemic disrupted schools in spring 2020, educators predicted remote learning would set up many children for failure, especially students of color and those from poor families. Test scores from the first months of remote learning showed students falling months behind in reading and math. This fall, as many students returned to classrooms for the first time after … [Read more...]
PART 3 Back to School: Tips to Navigate the New “Normal”
Part 3: Keep talking Keep Talking: You and Your Child Your child may go through different phases of reaction to managing in-person school with COVID concerns. It is a fluid process for us all. The added stress of maintaining vigilance with protocols, while trying to learn and readjust to being back in person, can be significant. Your child’s friends may have a different stance on … [Read more...]
PART 2 Back to School: Tips to Navigate the New “Normal”
Part 2: Relax yourself! Preparing for (and dealing with) the academic slide of learning loss and having fallen behind due to the pandemic It is easy in these difficult times to feel overwhelmed and anxious. If you have school-aged children, those feelings can be compounded by the effects of distance learning and the "academic slide” they may have experienced over the last year and a half. You … [Read more...]
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