By Joe Truss, Culturally Responsive Leadership, April 5, 2020
I am finally sitting down, after 3 weeks of shelter in place. (sigh) I am just starting to calm down enough to think, and write, and reflect. Here are my reflections on the coronavirus, distance learning, and what the hell it means for our education system.
Ok. Here’s the current reality. The coronavirus is spreading and we are averaging a thousand deaths per day, 13,000 deaths as of April 7th, 2020. I am sure it has gone up, and hopefully down, by the time you are reading this. 75 million students are on laptops (well some of them) and teachers are on Zoom and Google Classroom delivering “distance learning.” It is clear that things will never be the same, and we are all stuck in this purgatory of pedagogy and purpose. As an educator, in addition to processing this moment, I am trying to figure out how this impacts schooling. As a Principal, I wanted to put some of my thoughts on paper and share some things I am considering. Let’s begin with how the hell we got to this strange and scary time.
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