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Our Favorite Stories About Getting Schooled
This week’s digest features educators from across the Medium universe who are fighting the system over racism and reopenings
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4 min readJul 17, 2020
Each week on Medium Rare, I’ll be sharing stories you might have missed that are definitely worth a second look. Got a suggestion for a piece we should feature? Pop it in the responses below!
- Educators are pushing back against the stereotype of a self-sacrificial teacher who can be guilt-tripped into returning to school before the pandemic is under control. Harley Litzelman is calling on teachers to refuse to return to their classrooms until there are no local Covid-19 cases reported for 14 consecutive days.
- Shameem Patel says there are just two options for the upcoming fall semester: Either reopen schools safely, only if they’re properly funded, or switch to fully virtual learning. Without the necessary resources, she says, neither will work.
