Ed Lab collaborative: Lessons learned from remote school and why we might never go back
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
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The closing of schools across the U.S. was a disaster for many students, families and teachers.
But in many places, educators pushed through and found ideas that could outlast the pandemic and transform American schooling for the better.
In this reporting collaborative, the Education Labs at AL.com, the Dallas Morning News and Seattle Times partnered with The Christian Science Monitor, Hechinger Report and Solutions Journalism Network to produce this series of solutions-oriented stories.
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In Alabama, at least two Alabama school segmented teachers, who were given the option to either teach remote students or in-person students. Not both.
As teacher morale hit bottom, these Alabama districts looked for ways to ease workload
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As teacher morale hit bottom, these Alabama districts looked for ways to ease workload
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
Posted Mar 16, 2021
Vonda Ashley, a teacher in Talladega County, works with a student at Winterboro High School. She did not want to teach remotely, she said, and has worked in-person throughout the school year. Credit Talladega County Schools for AL.com.
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Teachers are exhausted.
Last summer, Alabama schools were asked to provide in-person and remote options for learning, effectively doubling the responsibilities for many teachers.
But at least two Alabama school districts gave educators the option to either teach remote students or in-person students. Not both.
SCHOOL DAZE: How COVID Impacts Education Prison Literacy Program Adapts During COVID Lockdowns
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(This is the second in a series of articles produced in partnership with journalists from Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle in collaboration with the nonprofit Solutions Journalism Network.)
By ANNAKAI HAYAKAWA GESHLIDER
Part II
Part I introduced the Lit Club program. Part II, below, covers the impact of the recent COVID outbreak at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) on the Lit Club, as well as background on the Asian Prisoner Support Committee’s ROOTS program.
In August 2020, the Oakland-based Asian Prisoner Support Committee (APSC) kicked off its Lit Club program at three women’s prisons in California. In the Lit Club, nine partner pairs each with one person in prison and one APSC volunteer choose from a list of books to read together, and then discuss the book via email.
Twitter didn’t respond kindly to the initial sentiment. Many journalists pointed out that they had to work multiple jobs to afford unpaid opportunities or were completely shut out from them.
Unpaid internships are exploitative and elitist, rewarding students who can afford to take them them and leaving behind students from underrepresented backgrounds.
BuzzFeed lays off dozens of HuffPost employees
BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti had said he “believe[d] in the future of HuffPost and the potential it has to continue to define the media landscape for years to come.” Evidently, dozens of journalists who were laid off earlier this week will not be part of that future.
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