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

  • Written by Laura Wangsness Willemsen, Associate Professor of Education, Concordia University, Saint Paul
imageJoy Harrison, a second grade teacher in Oakland, California, helps a student.Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP

As the omicron wave spikes across the United States, K-12 education is one of many systems buckling under the weight of expanding needs. Recent headlines highlight staff and busing shortages, parental anxieties about both...

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