‘Don’t go back to the old normal’: Opportunities for Adolescent Learning Revealed by COVID-19
KQED Mind/Shift July 14, 2021
Filed in: Learning & Education
If there’s a silver lining to the pandemic, it’s this: the chance to return to a better “normal,” one that supports the remarkable opportunities for learning during adolescence. Our Co-Executive Director, Adriana Galván, and others spoke about what that might look like at the Education Writer Association’s 2021 National Seminar.
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