Back to Class: How schools can rebound

Brian Stauffer/special contributor
The pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions to education. The Monitor collaborated with The Hechinger Report, Solutions Journalism Network, and the Education Labs at AL.com, The Dallas Morning News, The Fresno Bee, and The Seattle Times to explore how schools and districts have embraced best practices as students head back to school.
Monitor stories
- ‘We’ve learned a lot of lessons’: How schools plan to navigate a new yearWhile debate about masks and mandates swirl around them, educators focus on lessons learned in the past year to bring students back to school.
- Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?With more technology and hot spots in student hands, schools face new questions about uneven access and the best way to incorporate devices in class.
- Community on campus: As college students return, a focus on well-beingAs colleges prepare for a new academic year, they’re finding that the pandemic has given them a new focus: rebuilding campus community.
- Struggle and resilience: Lessons from the class of 2021As a new school year starts, what can be learned from the class of 2021? It was a chaotic academic year – but also one full of resilience.Â
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