No matter which scenarios play out when students return to school, there will be a particular pressure placed explicitly or implicitly by educators, families, and students themselves to “catch up.” The online experience for teachers and students was very mixed and the losses in learning will be felt unequally and have the potential to significantly increase preexisting inequities between White and Black and Brown children.
To open successfully, schools must:
1. Focus on relationships
2. Have a plan for mental health needs
3. Create flexible learning environments and norms to keep students engaged
These suggestions should not be seen as secondary to academic achievement, but as requirements to successfully opening school in the fall.
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