A Tale of Sniffles and Covid Testing for our Kids
What happens when a case of sniffles hits a COVID ready classroom? Life and COVID testing for kids.
Schools as a Top Priority – Rethinking the Risk Trade-offs
If school opening is our top priority, we need to rethink COVID risks. It doesn't mean the world just got a bit more open. It means we should do everything we can to keep our total risk low. Are we ready to make that sacrifice?
Learning Pods - One Room Schoolhouses for the Pandemic
Parents are forming Learning Pods, today's version of the one room school house, as a schooling option in pandemic madness. It's a world of "have"and "have-nots".
Are Teachers Essential Workers?
Are Teachers Essential Workers? My sister in law is a teacher in the mighty state of Louisiana and was relating their school reopening plans. Stu...
SCHOOL’S OUT. NOW WHAT? KIDS, SUMMER AND COVID.
I began writing on the relationship of adequate nutrition to learning before the pandemic. As we head into the summer months, our families face so...
SNAP and Our Kids
There has been quite a bit of discussion around the cuts to the food stamp program at the end of 2020. At least in this round, households with chi...
Hungry Kids Can't Learn
In Kewee's Crossing Zone, I focus on the intersection of learning and policy. Hungry Kids Can't Learn includes statistics on food insecurity in Texas, particularly what that means for our families with school age children.