The politically and emotionally charged debate over whether to open schools has left little room for discussion about equitable, high-quality teaching and learning. While the health and safety of staff and students must remain the top priority, the stakes around instruction for the 2020-2021 school year have never been higher. Despite educators' herculean efforts in the spring, internet access issues, families' varying capacity to support their children, language barriers and the need to shift to remote learning on a dime resulted in disrupted and unfinished learning for students across the country.
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