She has taught high school English for 20 years, but this year so much seemed unknown and unknowable. Jessyca Mathews, an English teacher at Carman-Ainsworth High School in Flint Township, Mich., in the classroom where she is teaching students remotely. At the center of the debate over how learning should look — virtual, in-person or hybrid — are America’s 3.2 million public school teachers and 500,000 private school teachers, who are tasked with making it all work. For many of them, including Mathews, who teaches at Carman-Ainsworth High School in Flint Township, Mich., preparing for this school year has been emotionally and physically exhausting. The teachers emailed regular dispatches and each wrote an essay about their experience.

Source: Washington Post October 06, 2020 21:56 UTC