Our students need a just and equitable recovery - DCLine
Since last year, many families have been grappling with COVID-related challenges from illness, death, job loss and social isolation. Our educators and school leaders have pushed forward, providing students with virtual and in-person learning. Despite their best efforts, many students’ academic progress — as well as their physical and mental well-being — has faltered.
Jessica Giles is the state director of Education Reform Now DC.
As DC continues to reel from the disastrous impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, we need to immediately meet students and families where they are right now and fully address the academic impact and the physical and psychological traumas caused by the pandemic. The mayor and the DC Council must do the following:
