Conversations around the impacts of Covid in schools tend to revolve around the risk of an education gap, framing the pandemic as “lost year” for students. But some experts are pushing back on that narrative, arguing that the adaptations schools have made this year could provide a road map to a more inclusive education system.
Recorded live with Amanda Garces of the Vermont Human Rights Commission and founder of the Education Justice Coalition of Vermont; Deborah Lisi-Baker, formerly of UVM’s Center for Disability and Community Inclusion; Michael Martin, Director of Learning for the South Burlington School District; Celilo Bauman-Swain, a junior at Champlain Valley Union High School; and Bruce Pandya, a senior at U-32 High School.
Why Vermont colleges keep closing
Drawing the line on recovery drugs
Who decides on reproductive rights
Progressive’s past comments upend a Burlington election
New gun bills trail historic reforms
Blocked at the border
Breaking down Scott's budget
Locals vs. the landfill
Vermont's youth caucus
Hospitals struggle with psychiatric care
Welch and Leahy look beyond the blue wave
Under new scrutiny, the church pledges change
In search of a supermajority
An Amish enclave in the Northeast Kingdom
Local control at any cost
How TV watchers shift their worldviews
Life on the line
BONUS: Leahy remembers McCain, an unlikely ally
When waste hits waterways
BONUS: Christine Hallquist in conversation
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