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What Shouldn't Return to 'Normal' When Schools Reopen [edsurge.com]

 

By Tony Wan, EdSurge, November 10, 2020

Everybody is yearning for a return to normalcy, and yesterday offered hope after a major drug company announced that early data suggest its coronavirus vaccine is more than 90 percent effective.

But not everything should go back to normal, say district superintendents, particularly in communities where the pandemic has exposed deep-rooted systemic racism and inequities—and also accelerated positive changes that school leaders hope will stick long after classroom doors reopen.

Ensuring those changes are not just a stopgap measure begins with acknowledging that the problems were there all along and are not unique to COVID-19. “To really effect lasting change, we can’t position what we want to see differently as a response to the pandemic,” says Susan Enfield, superintendent of Highline Public Schools in Washington. “We need to frame it differently, as, ‘this is what we know is the right thing to do for our children.’”

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