At some point, we’ll all be back teaching in person. Only now it will be behind a mask. At first glance, this seems more than just a nuisance, but impossible to do effectively. After all, students need to see your mouth and facial expressions … Read more
How to be a good student—one’s physical and mental preparedness—is absolutely critical to academic success. Sadly, teaching these skills have been thrown into the dust bin alongside sentence diagramming and mathematical algorithms. In fact, success preparedness has been so de-emphasized in recent years that … Read more
Ready or not, it looks like most of us will be teaching on campus next month. What that will look like is still up in the air. There are many more questions to be answered and policies to be ironed out—and probably will be … Read more
It’s seems likely we’ll be going back to school in the fall. What exactly that will look like is anyone’s guess. Early reports suggest that it may be a hybrid between online and in-school learning, with staggered start times and rotating schedules to limit … Read more
Since the beginning of the lockdown, our students have seen their lives constricted down to a pinhole. Even though many restrictions have been lifted, they’re still unable to hang out with their friends the way they once did. They can’t play on sports teams, … Read more
Although the school year is quickly coming to a close, chances are that Zoom and other live video platforms will continue to play a role next school year. This isn’t good news. Reports from superintendents, teachers, and SCM readers along with surveys and media … Read more
It’s been a tough go, this online learning. Many students are checked out. A few of which have been entirely off the grid for the past two months, whereabouts unknown. A few others are up to their ears in responsibilities—cooking, cleaning, taking care of … Read more
Online learning increases the possibility of receiving complaints from parents—because they’re now able to see everything their child sees. They can judge and dissect every lesson and assignment as it’s given. They can note every frustration, every moment of confusion, and every small struggle … Read more