The Pandemic Could Have Unlocked Remote Schooling. It Hasn’t

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-the-pandemic-could-have-unlocked-remote-schooling-it-hasnt/2021/10

Parents interested in remote learning may also discover their choices are all or nothing: Either they can pull their child out of their traditional school to enroll for the whole year in an online option or they can remain in a brick-and-mortar building and hope for the best.

Remote learning isn’t the only need. Pandemic pods and learning hubs have shown the power of small, individualized spaces where community organizations—whose staff often have the trust of students and families in their neighborhoods—to help students discover a sense of belonging and connect them to essential services like tutoring or mental-health support.

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More on the pandemic in this blog
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