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Years after pandemic closures, we’re seeing their effects inside our schools

Mar 12, 2024 | eschoolnews.com | Christine Ferris

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Since school buildings reopened after COVID closures, I’ve heard teachers say, again and again, that the older elementary children in their classrooms are just not the same. I lead a small network of schools, and many of our current fourth graders remain dependent on adults’ opinions and find it hard to move from one problem to the next without reassurance.
La votación de los jóvenes de Newark en elecciones de la junta escolar se retrasa hasta el 2025

Feb 23, 2024 | chalkbeat.org | Jessie Gomez |Aleksandra Appleton |Ann Schimke |Christine Ferris

Suscríbase al boletín gratuito de Chalkbeat Newark para mantenerse al día con el sistema de escuelas públicas de la ciudad. Read in English. El mes pasado, el Concejo Municipal de Newark se convirtió en el primero del estado en reducir la edad para votar a 16 años de edad en las elecciones de la junta escolar. Pero su implementación se retrasará hasta las elecciones de 2025 debido a problemas con el registro de votantes, según dieron a conocer funcionarios de la ciudad.
Years after pandemic closures, we’re seeing their effects inside our schools

Feb 23, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Christine Ferris

Since school buildings reopened after COVID closures, I’ve heard teachers say, again and again, that the older elementary children in their classrooms are just not the same. I lead a small network of schools, and many of our current fourth graders remain dependent on adults’ opinions and find it hard to move from one problem to the next without reassurance. Our fifth graders can solve a basic math problem but often struggle to explain how to answer a word problem.
Years after COVID school closures, we’re seeing the effects on our fourth, fifth, and sixth graders

Feb 23, 2024 | chalkbeat.org | Christine Ferris

First Person is where Chalkbeat features personal essays by educators, students, parents, and others thinking and writing about public education. Since school buildings reopened after COVID closures, I’ve heard teachers say, again and again, that the older elementary children in their classrooms are just not the same.
It’s tough to build school community post-pandemic. Music helps.

Feb 4, 2024 | chalkbeat.org | Christine Ferris

First Person is where Chalkbeat features personal essays by educators, students, parents, and others thinking and writing about public education. The gym was packed. Parents, aunties, grandparents, and cousins filled the seats and more stood in the back. As their child’s class came up to perform, they jostled to the front, cell phones in hand, ready to get a good video. The kids were dressed up in their finest sparkly red dresses or shiny slicked-back hair, with creased pant legs and bowties.
The day before the first day of school has rituals all its own

Aug 31, 2023 | co.chalkbeat.org | Christine Ferris

First Person is where Chalkbeat features personal essays by educators, students, parents, and others thinking and writing about public education. When I was a kindergarten teacher, I would spend the night before the first day of school making homemade playdough. It was a recipe I learned in an elementary art class in graduate school.
It’s tough to build school community post-pandemic. Music helps.

Apr 24, 2023 | co.chalkbeat.org | Christine Ferris

First Person is where Chalkbeat features personal essays by educators, students, parents, and others thinking and writing about public education. The gym was packed. Parents, aunties, grandparents, and cousins filled the seats and more stood in the back. As their child’s class came up to perform, they jostled to the front, cell phones in hand, ready to get a good video. The kids were dressed up in their finest sparkly red dresses or shiny slicked-back hair, with creased pant legs and bowties.