What the Future Must Look Like for Kids in 2021
Educators, students, policymakers, activists, and entrepreneurs reflect on a tumultuous year as they prepare for what's next.
Laura Zingg
Editorial Project Manager, One Day Studio
Addressing Grief and Loss as a Teacher
Teach For America’s national mental health consultant Dr. Richard Shadick shares advice on how to talk to students about loss and grief during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The TFA Editorial Team
Measuring What Matters During a Pandemic
School leaders share how they are assessing students' social-emotional and learning needs, and focusing on growth over gaps.
Can a Software Company Help Schools Achieve Equity?
A team of epidemiologists and computer scientists believe the same kind of computational forecasting that predicts the spread of a virus can also help guide the spread of equity and social health.
Susan Brenna
One Student's Perspective on the Pandemic
This Harvard freshman moved from Texas to Massachusetts, knowing she wouldn’t step into the classroom. She has no regrets.
Nia Burch
Lex Weaver
A Poet Misses Those Moments Between Classes
Sometimes, teachers’ most meaningful lessons are taught before or after the school bell rings. How can those be replaced when classes are all online?
Alan Chazaro
How the Class of 2020 is Persevering Through the Pandemic
Last year’s graduating seniors are doing more than taking 2020 in stride.. They are converting disappointments, surprises, and tragedies into life lessons for the rest of us.
Faviola Leyva
Video Producer
Please Reconsider How We Get Through This School Year
A Chicago teacher weighs in on how distance learning has gone so far and how it must change going forward
Ashley McCall
Keeping Hope Alive Through Dance
When a pandemic interrupted this Kentucky senior's plans to compete and dance around the country, she brought the rhythm to her hometown instead.
Paula Ann Solis
This New Principal is Ready for Anything
First-time principal Courtney Ochi (San Diego ’14) did not expect things to go this way, but the corps prepared her for the unexpected.