Academics in a Pandemic

This episode features a conversation with a high school teacher on how she is preparing her classroom and curriculum for the return of students in just 2 weeks. A high school athletics director discusses the challenge of safely continuing school sports and other extracurricular activities due to COVID-19. And this episode ends with a Pulmonologist who treats a variety of respiratory conditions including COVID patients on best practices for the classroom and school setting in establishing an environment less likely to allow the transmission of COVID-19 in order to keep students and staff safe.

This episode features a conversation with former seniors, now graduates, on their experiences when school moved to remote instruction due to COVID-19. It includes a discussion with a special education teacher on challenges with distance learning for students with special needs.   And it closes with a conversation with a college professor about the challenges and complexities of teaching/learning during the pandemic in addition to faculty attempting to continue research projects.