Conor P. Williams: School. Itâs not just for kids anymore
Both children and parents do better when they have access to nutrition, health care and economic opportunity. Why not provide them all in one place?
(Dalbert Vilarino | The New York Times)
School: Itâs Not Just for Kids Anymore
By Conor P. Williams | Special to The New York Times
  | April 6, 2021, 2:00 p.m.
In March of last year, the week before the pandemic shuttered schools in Washington, D.C., Annie Macheelâs Advanced Adult English as a Second Language class at Briya Public Charter School in Fort Totten was making plans. At one table, four women â two native Spanish-speakers, one Amharic speaker, and one Vietnamese speaker â haltingly practiced scheduling play dates for their children in English. Outside, in the hall, a group of pre-kindergartners â some of whom had mothers at that table â cheerfully burbled past the door, âcaminando, caminando, volando, volandoâ (w