Let s Resolve to Get our Kids Back to School
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CALEDONIA, Wis., Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/
The following oped is from Dr. Deborah Kerr, Former Superintendent of the Brown Deer School District and immediate past President of the American Association for School Administrators (AASA), who is running for Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Who could have imagined a year ago that a pandemic would force schools to close across the country and so drastically affect our economy? There s no place like home became a constant in our lives, as in-person interactions were abruptly suspended last March. Within a week, parents became teachers. Teachers became students learning technology tools to engage with their students in new cyber classrooms. And community leaders became social workers, assisting families in need of food and resources for life s necessities.