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What we're reading this week: July 15, 2021

The Education Gadfly
7.15.2021
  • A mother shares her insights: “What I’ve learned about raising children who are young, gifted and Black.” —Washington Post
  • We need strong leadership, like that provided by Ohio Governor DeWine and Baltimore Superintendent Sonja Santileses, to help district and school leaders focus on reopening and avoid getting lost in the culture wars. —Paul Hill
  • What does the Delta variant of Covid-19 mean for school reopening? Health experts weigh in. —Education Week
  • Districts and schools are struggling to balance competing interests and make good and sustainable use of federal stimulus funds. —Wall Street Journal
  • “The Covid-19 pandemic is a lousy natural experiment for studying the effects of online learning.” —Education Next
  • Ms. Abubakri, a teacher at D.C.’s majority-Black Ketcham Elementary, explains her and the school’s struggles to rebuild a sense of trust and community with families that fear sending their kids back to school. —Washington Post
  • According to data, remote learning over the past year was “more akin to dropping out than it is to attending in-person school.” Parents and district leaders should consider the harm caused by keeping children out of the classroom. —David Leonhardt
  • “The new child tax credit could lift more than 5 million kids out of poverty. Can it help them learn, too?” —Washington Post
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Tags: COVID-19 Mike DeWine Ohio Washington
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