Tag: #COVID19

There Is So Much We Don’t Know

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on There Is So Much We Don’t Know#COVID19, #covid19Canada, #pandemic, #safeseptember

This September, we need to keep schools safe for children and staff. This is a particularly complex challenge, because we still know very little about the virus causing the pandemic. According to Siddhartha Mukherjee, this SARS-CoV-2 virus became a pandemic because of some very specific characteristics: It is completely new to humans, so we are […]

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What are we Learning About COVID-19?

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on What are we Learning About COVID-19?#COVID19, #covid19Canada, #September2020, Coronavirus, pandemic

COVID-19 has turned our world upside down. Schools closed in March. Some of us experienced partial re-openings in June. As we use July and August to plan the next version of school, it is critical that we continue to learn as much as we can about the corona virus, and how to stay safe. Our […]

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Finding Opportunity in Crisis: Five Ways the Pandemic Can Make Public Education Better

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on Finding Opportunity in Crisis: Five Ways the Pandemic Can Make Public Education Better#coronavirus, #COVID19, #covid19Canada, #hgse, #ossemooc, #pandemic, #UniversalDesign, UDL

There is no doubt that March 14, 2020 has all of us in a world that is very different from the one we anticipated. The escalation of the national and provincial responses, in a time when everyone has a voice online and facts don’t always rise to the top, creates challenges we have yet to […]

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