This article is part of our Learning special report about how the pandemic has continued to change how we approach education. For the last few years, each “back to school” has been radically different. September 2019 was the last return to school before Covid-19 arrived and sent students home, teachers …
Read More »At the Edge of a Cliff, Some Colleges Are Teaming Up to Survive (Published 2022)
This article is part of our Learning special report about how the pandemic has continued to change how we approach education. Dylan Smith went to high school just two miles from Adrian College but wasn’t interested in applying to the Michigan liberal arts school of just over 1,600 undergraduates. As …
Read More »Community Schools Offer More Than Just Teaching (Published 2022)
This article is part of our Learning special report about how the pandemic has continued to change how we approach education. HARTFORD, Conn. — This spring, Dr. Michael D. Fox elementary school opened a pantry for its students and families. It has fridges packed with prepared food, cupboards filled with …
Read More »Could Tutoring Be the Best Tool for Fighting Learning Loss? (Published 2022)
This article is part of our Learning special report about how the pandemic has continued to change how we approach education. While scrolling through Instagram, Joi Mitchell saw an ad for Saga Education, a nonprofit that provides high-impact tutoring in schools, and clicked on it. “I was running away from …
Read More »Meeting the Mental Health Challenge in School and at Home (Published 2022)
This article is part of our Learning special report about how the pandemic has continued to change how we approach education. Last year, Leticia Guerrero-Castaneda’s 11-year-old son, Isaiah, was struggling. He was in the fifth grade when the pandemic shutdown occurred, and his reaction was to shut himself down; he …
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