District Administration – Matt Zalaznick
“Administrators must weigh the health risks of bringing staff, students and teachers back against the educational risks of not providing in-person instruction, says the report released Wednesday by the organization’s Board on Science Education. “The truth is that all students benefit from in-person learning,” Heidi Schweingruber, the board’s director, said in a webinar. “There are many things that happen when kids are together in school with adults that you cannot replicate in distance learning.” Younger children don’t have the skills to keep themselves engaged in online learning, and not all students have adults at home who can monitor whether they are participating, Schweingruber said.” (more)