Acceptance, Hope and Back to School Real Talk with Anya Kamenetz

Around this time last year, I took a big swing at tons of ideas for what I think needs to change for public schools to thrive. In the general spirit of realism and acceptance, I decided to talk to one of my favorite clear-eyed journalists and observers of public education, Anya Kamenetz. Her book, The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children’s Lives and Where We Go Now, is a vivid and necessary document of a period of our history we need our leaders to never forget. She is now writing a wonderful new newsletter, The Golden Hour, which is about thriving and caring for others on a rapidly changing planet. I hope you’ll subscribe.Please enjoy this extended audio of our conversation.Recommendations: Podcasts: The Retrievals and The Pill Plot Books: Olga Dies DreamingMember's Only Thread: I want to know, how are YOU feeling going into the new school year?Thank you for being a member of the Double Shift!