We are heading into Week 4 of school being canceled in Austin, TX. We are anticipating the need to shelter in place for the long haul (until there is a vaccine?). So I worked with the staff at our school to come up with a coronavirus homeschooling approach. Our school is intentionally one of the most diverse schools in the entire city of Austin—racially, culturally, and socioeconomically. Therefore, we wanted a plan that could serve all families.

We decided to go with primarily digital apps for a variety of reasons. First, synchronous learning can be really hard. For families with multiple children, you would need to make sure there’s … Read More