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"Over the 40 years I’ve worked in early childhood education, I’ve believed many times that a revolution in the field was imminent. Heaven knows we’ve certainly needed one, as misguided policies have brought about increasingly inappropriate practices. Surely people who understand child development would finally begin making the decisions about ECE!

Clearly, I’ve been naïve..."

Read the full blog by Rae Pica, author of What If We Taught the Way Children Learn? and What If Everybody Understood Child Development?, regarding her experience in early childhood education and her thoughts on the response of schools to COVID-19.

This excerpt from The PLC+ Activator's Guide by Dave Nagel, John Almarode, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Karen Flories addresses some of the challenges that come from working with the dynamics of a PLC+ team.

"The question of whether to include phonics instruction has been resolved. The answer is yes." Read the full article by A Fresh Look at Phonics author Wiley Blevins, published by the International Literacy Association.

In this article from The Wall Street Journal, Girls Without Limits author Lisa Hinkelman offers her comments on the social and emotional effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent girls. 

Read this article published by ASCD in which Comprehension authors Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey present a three-pronged framework can help students not only learn meaning of texts, but also gain motivation and purpose from them.

The authors of The Distance Learning Playbook, Grades K-12, discuss in this ILA article,  three critical takeaways they have learned while distance learning, including how to accelerate learning, managing reading volume, and the infusion of social and emotional learning strategies. 

"When students engage in PBL, they should gain skills that will help them solve a wide array of problems, not just the problem at hand." Read the full article by Michael McDowell, author of Developing Expert Learners, on Edutopia.

"As students gain content knowledge, their next step should be applying it to new problems and across academic disciplines." Read the full article by Michael McDowell, author of Developing Expert Learners, on Edutopia.

"This challenging time provides an opportunity for students to work on real-world problems they see every day." Read the full article by Michael McDowell, author of Developing Expert Learners, on Edutopia.

"Young people dealing with the effects of the pandemic can be encouraged through lessons that inspire resilience." Read the full article by Heather Wolpert-Gawron, author of Just Ask Us, on Edutopia.

"The need to partner with caregivers is even more important now with so many students learning at home." Read the full article by Heather Wolpert-Gawron, author of Just Ask Us, on Edutopia.

"The popular lesson framework can help keep remote teaching manageable while encouraging students to develop self-reliance." Read the full article by Paul Emerich France, author of Humanizing Distance Learning, on Edutopia.