Lessons Learned - Bacich, Fields, Fr. Leahy, & Ratti - New York Encounter 2021

The New York Encounter

Witnesses on education during the pandemic with Damian Bacich, professor of Ibero-American Literatures, San José State University, Peter Fields, Ph.D. candidate in physics, University of Chicago, Rev. Edwin Leahy, O.S.B., high school headmaster, and Michelle Ratti, teacher, moderated by Patrick Tomassi, high school teacher

Education has been probably the single area where the pandemic was felt the most by the great majority of people. Basically, nobody escaped the impact of Covid -19: students, parents (and their employers), teachers, administrators, politicians. But the new challenges also made everybody rethink the goals and methods of schooling, and the relevance of the family in education. What were the lessons learned in 2020? What changes will be worth preserving after the pandemic? A parent and teacher, a university student, a high school administrator, and a college professor share their experiences and address these questions.