Early on in the pandemic, when it was clear her students were struggling, Neema Avashia made a bold move: she asked students for feedback, and changed her approach. Now she wants school, district and state leaders to do the same.
,” to ensure a kind of coherence to the learning, so that even if a student missed a day, they weren’t re-entering the material in an unfamiliar context. We went slow. Made space for joy. And built in lots of opportunities for revision and make-up work. Was it perfect? No. Was it infinitely better than the first pandemic spring, and more deeply rooted in what students were telling me they needed? Yes.
Young people tell me they need us to slow down, prioritize their relationships and emotional well-being, and find creative ways to help them reconnect to each other and their own identities as learners. But teachers are tasked with administering litanies of standardized tests , trying to cover two years worth of content in one year , and covering understaffed classrooms on our already minimal breaks.
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