“Rebooting” America’s Schools: Now and After the Pandemic”
“Rebooting” America’s Schools: Now and After the Pandemic” Vincent F. Cotter, Ed.D. In many ways, the pandemic crisis is the equivalent of a teacher’s worst nightmare. Much like a disruptive student for which there is no relief, sending him or her to the principal’s office might momentarily quell the outburst but not immediately resolve the underlying issues that the behavior may have exposed. For years school districts developed elaborate safety plans to protect students from intruders or from those planning some form of violence. Schools districts also assisted local county health and emergency response departments with their planning by providing bed space and access to their facilities for shelter or to assist in the distribution of food. Some districts actually planned evacuations and conducted drills in the aftermath of Three Mile Island but few planned for an event such as the current p