To be a Republican in Connecticut today, especially an elected one, you need to defend an indefensible President and the far-right people who control him.  You have to hate government and vote to savage it.  And you even attack the wealthy when they join government to make life better for people. That’s what happened recently when GOP leaders blew up the innovative education partnership between Gov. Ned Lamont and Dalio Philanthropies. 

Doesn’t  “I Can’t Breathe” resonate with our common humanity in George Floyd’s call for help and a “hand up” that never came for him?  On this there is great humility and unity.  Although with political tensions high, isn’t this fast becoming just another tinder box of destruction as anarchists take to our cities across the country?

As schools across the country grind through their last weeks of pandemic-imposed distance learning, teachers and administrators have begun to think about how the coronavirus will change high schools next fall. Although several articles have been published on how schools will look and function differently in the new school year, less has been written about how we could take this pause as an opportunity to substantially rework teaching and learning.