by Erica Zimmerman With this Spring 2020 issue, Washington Central Friends of Education relaunches this e-newsletter just in time to document a historic challenge to our communities and schools — the period of remote learning during the Covid-19 Crisis. Back in 1992 Washington Central Friends of Education (WCFE) began Bus Stop Conversations to keep our… Keep Reading
by Erica Zimmerman We have all long known that libraries are the shared heart and hub for learning in schools. But even the librarians in our schools were surprised at the extent to which that role grew during the remote learning period this spring. I recently joined a staff meeting of Washington Central librarians —… Keep Reading
I never imagined that I would end my career teaching my students from my home. When I started this job we didn’t have computers and even calculators were not normally used. We printed all the material we gave students using a mimeograph machine. Now I spend my weeks making youtube videos to teach lessons and… Keep Reading