'Teaching has always been hard, but it's never been like this' – elementary school teachers talk about managing their classrooms during a pandemic

Elementary school teachers in our study report needing to address up to nine different academic levels in a single classroom, when they may address two to three in a typical year. A fifth grade teacher shared that, after being denied funds from the district, her team used field-trip funds to purchas...

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Published in:The Conversation : Education 2022-01-26
Main Authors: Laura Wangsness Willemsen, Cohen, Elisheva L
Format: Newspaper Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement gaps
Classrooms
COVID-19
Educational research
Elementary school students
Elementary school teachers
Grade 1
Grade 5
Learning
Pandemics
School districts
Suburban Schools
Teaching
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Summary:Elementary school teachers in our study report needing to address up to nine different academic levels in a single classroom, when they may address two to three in a typical year. A fifth grade teacher shared that, after being denied funds from the district, her team used field-trip funds to purchase an online extension of their math curriculum to support differentiated learning. Yet despite the scale of the challenges and the steep personal toll of this work, the teachers in our study and around the country keep showing up for students and families. [...]we wonder about what will happen to those students and families if, or perhaps when, they can’t.