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Now What Podcast
by @jennibgaither
Moving Forward with The Pandemic Schooling Memory Hole jennibgaither.substack.com
Episodes
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Voices of the Unheard: July 2, 2024
In July 2024, Taniya, a member of the class of 2021, reflected on her experiences during the pandemic and how they shaped her journey. Taniya shared the isolation and frustration of learning from home, the importance of getting therapy, and the need for more ethics training in both education and...
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Voices of the Unheard: February 5, 2021
By February 2021, my students discuss how mentally and emotionally drained they were. One incredibly talented and caring student described how all her friends were failing, and how the school’s response only made things worse. Another shared how the endless assignments, the lack of social...
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Voices of the Unheard: February 1, 2021
My student Emoni was struggling with her mental health, and it was clear: the response from the adults in the school—the ones who were supposed to care—was only making it worse. I told her the truth—this wasn’t about taking the easy way out by transferring. The system was broken, and we had…
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Voices of the Unheard: December 22, 2020
In this conversation from December 2020, my student talks about the mental toll virtual learning took on her and her friends. The lack of social interaction, the pressure to keep up, and the unrealistic expectations had worn them down. They weren’t learning, and they had lost their motivation. I...
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Voices of the Unheard: November 2020
In November 2020, during virtual school, I noticed that my once thriving students were struggling, so we started recording our experiences. I wasn’t trying to criticize anyone; I just wanted to figure out what wasn’t working and fix it. I believed that we could make things better. These...
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Moving Beyond the Limits: Alternatives to Failing or Lowering Standards in Education
There’s a lot of talk about chronic absenteeism in schools and an equally troubling narrative around students who haven’t found success. Too often, the conversation narrows to just two options: lower the standards or let them fail. I strongly disagree with either of these options. Before sharing…
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The Painful Separation of Education and Common Sense
Somehow, we decided that children could learn without motivation, meaningful connections, a sense of purpose, the teacher-student relationship, joy, support, proper teacher training, or any link between effort and achievement. We divorced teaching from learning, and our schools are living with…
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Left Out in the Cold: The Real Consequences for Good Behavior in Schools
Although no one is reporting on it, schools continue to treat students worse than they did in the before times. People complain that there are no consequences for bad behavior, as if this explains the ongoing quagmire, but the bigger issue is that there are no longer consequences for GOOD…
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Jade's Fight to Graduate Against All Odds
Jade’s story highlights the disconnect between schools' claims of support and the reality students face. While most teachers were supportive, the school overall—and one teacher in particular—continued the ineffective practices from virtual learning, offering little real help. Jade, who struggled...
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The Year the System Failed Us
In March 2020, I was the librarian at Baltimore City College, or “City,” a school filled with dedicated teachers and students with great academic promise. But when the pandemic hit and schools closed, everything changed. My students, once on clear paths to college, were suddenly knocked off…
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Students Reflect on School Before and After Pandemic Changes
This recording captures the candid voices of students from a Baltimore high school, sharing their thoughts on the transition from virtual to masked, in-person learning. Their words reveal the lasting impact of this shift on their social lives, motivation, and overall perception of school. This is…
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Virtual Learning's Lasting Effects: Dija's Insight on What Went Wrong
Transcript Dija: COVID is actually one of the reasons why I got more into wanting to be a special education major. I had to help my brother. He's a regular functioning child. He's done everything, you know, he knows all the things, he knows how to maneuver a game system and all of that good…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Moving Forward with The Pandemic Schooling Memory Hole
jennibgaither.substack.com
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