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As many schools announce virtual learning options and school closures, the question, “What about parents?” comes to mind. While the health and safety of teachers and students is of the utmost importance, many educators and policymakers seem to be overlooking an important factor in the decision-making process—parents. Although many parents are concerned for the health…

There’s a ramification of our current circumstances that as parents, educators and a community we need to consider. As schools close at varying levels of preparedness for distance learning, a large gap is forming for students’ access to education. There is disparity among schools as well as individual students’ access to technology and resources.  This…

COVID-19 made a grand and unwelcomed entrance in our community this month. Seemingly overnight it flipped our worlds upside down. Schools shutdown and now we’re all at home with a quarter left of curriculum un-taught. Many parents and students are finding themselves without the resources to learn new material or cover necessary subjects. After all,…

The Trump administration announced Friday that states will be allowed to cancel federally mandated standardized tests in K-12 schools for the current year, as part of an ongoing disruption of familiar student performance measures caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Also, high school students will be able to take Advanced Placement tests at home and the…