President Biden has repeatedly said he wants schools to stay open, in recognition of the damage that remote learning has done to children and the low risk of transmission in schools.
The fact that educators around the world know the story of a small Wisconsin school system of 825 students speaks to the power of communication. Or rather, the power of Joe Sanfelippo's deep commitment to telling his district's story.
More large urban districts have shifted to remote learning as teachers unions squared off with administrators in Chicago and New York over in-person learning.
Students and teachers in dozens of districts, many in the Northeast, will spend days to weeks on remote learning to start 2022 due to the latest COVID wave.
Administrators now have to convince students and their families that this next phase of virtual learning is not the same as what occurred earlier in the pandemic.
Pajaro Valley Unified School District in California is now testing an innovative solution that may be a model for other administrators as they work to solve this multi-pronged problem.
