Episode Notes: In this episode, Antonio and Michael share their biggest pet peeves, they talk about social belonging, and they receive a master class in early literacy from Joan Kelley and Frank Grossman.

High-dosage tutoring is gaining prevalence across the educational landscape. There is a significant research base documenting the effectiveness of tutoring programs to accelerate student learning.

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Congress allocated nearly $190.5 billion in aid to K-12 schools in the form of the Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ESSER) fund. It is vital that this money be used to create sustainable impact, supporting our children’s learning far beyond the life of this unique funding cycle.

The disruption to schooling wrought by the pandemic in the past year-and-a-half has been distressing. It has, however, provided educational leaders a valuable opportunity to reimagine the schooling experiences of Black and Brown children and their families. Educators need not perpetuate a system that often produces and replicates racial trauma.