In response to the COVID-19 crisis, school districts worked quickly to roll out distance learning plans in the spring. Sometimes these plans impinged upon or were directly in conflict with provisions found in collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) negotiated between teachers' unions and district administration. In this brief, we unpack how urban…

Noting the trend from traditional teacher-centered instruction to individualized, mixed ability teaching, the author suggests that the new methods require more work from teachers and that they need additional released time and assistance to cope. (SJL)