The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Government is kind of leading from the rear here. He’s definitely turned around. This year’s been great because we’re all back in the building and I get to see [my students] every day, but there’s definitely a learning gap and a social, behavior, social awkwardness gap going on. It was definitely a shift. Resiliency.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2022

Next year will be a better year, definitely. I’m definitely worried about mental health, and there’s a lot of kids that have depression and they joke about it a lot: “Oh, yeah. I definitely think we’ve learned to be more adaptable. It definitely feels more normal. Our district has realized some of our challenges.

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Oral History History High School Public School 120

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

My coping mechanism to respond to some of the uncertainty in the larger system is appealing to government or quasi government agencies as well as personal physicians that can help me just know that I’m doing the right thing. Out of a district of about 395, that’s a definite success. That has been huge.

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Oral History History High School Public School 119

ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2025

A scholarly book or article about history or philosophy counts. So does a local oral-history project, an art exhibit, or a dinner-table conversation about books, movies, or music. Like air, humanities-driven work is everywhere but taken for granted, so much a part of life its easy to overlook.

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