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Distance Learning Has Been Part of American Culture for 100 Years. Why Can’t We Get it Right?

Educators and parents have let technology solve school in a pandemic. There’s a better way.

Erik German
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11 min readSep 2, 2020

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When authorities issued stay-at-home orders at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, schoolchildren worldwide entered what has to be the largest — and…

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Erik German
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Senior Producer at Retro Report, which uses history to explain today. Dad to two formidable girls.