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Liz WillenDear reader,
 
This week we report on concerns that Black and Asian families in particular may reject in-person learning this fall in favor of remote options or homeschooling. Some of the reasons why these families opted out of in-person learning during the pandemic at disproportionately high rates involve health concerns related to Covid-19. But racial injustices are also a factor. That signals trouble for public school educators, who must find ways to win back these families’ confidence. At the same time, there are huge challenges ahead in terms of helping Latino students — who make up 25 percent of all schoolchildren — recover from the pandemic.
 
We also look at an important trend for a recovering economy: An increasing number of white-collar employers are reconsidering degree requirements and adopting training systems more common in blue-collar trades, in many cases via partnerships with community colleges. Let us know what other stories we should be telling — we love to hear from our readers.

Liz Willen, Editor
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Main Idea 

As schools reopen, will Black and Asian families return?

The pandemic has underscored racial injustices in education. Black and Asian families want those issues fixed before they return to the classroom.
Reading List 

PROOF POINTS: Three strikes and you’re out

What baseball teaches us about our short attention spans.
 

OPINION: School leaders must come forward to help Latino students after the pandemic set back long-awaited progress

Too many could not access Wi-Fi and missed much needed in-person instruction.
 

Saint Leo University plans the nation’s first veteran studies bachelor’s degree program

Veteran studies programs, like gender studies or ethnic studies, aim to focus on the people rather than military programs, strategy or logistics.


Business partnerships with community colleges help funnel workers into better jobs

Companies needing better-skilled workers also benefit from programs that teach those specific skills.
 

Facing a white-collar worker shortage, American companies seek a blue-collar solution

A growing number of employers are paying new employees while they train.
 

Closing the homework gap so ‘no child is left offline’

A new survey finds that 15 percent of kids in lower-income families still lack reliable internet at home. New federal funds are aimed at changing that.


OPINION: A lot more federal money is on the way to help schools post pandemic — Let’s spend it wisely

Give educators autonomy so that funds go directly to kids and classrooms.


TEACHER VOICE: This wasn’t a ‘lost year’

While enduring isolation and, in some cases, depression, my students found ways to learn about literature and themselves. Let’s not welcome them back to classrooms with a battery of tests and a ‘business as usual’ attitude.
Solutions 
"College-in-prison programs have many benefits, but barriers to access abound," Prism

This week’s solutions section came from SolutionsU powered by Solutions Journalism Network and their database of solutions journalism. Search for more solutions.
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