Op-Ed: The pandemic transformed education. Let’s build on the changes

Learning can and should happen anytime, anywhere. After what we’ve learned over the past 15 months, we have the chance to reinvent how, where and when we teach, using modern instructional tools. Just as instruction cannot be one-size-fits-all, neither should the medium or time at which it’s delivered. And it’s an important time to both reflect on these changes and pinpoint opportunities for the future.

The emergency adjustments schools made during the pandemic were unlike anything in history. What were once intimate learning environments went remote. Closely knit school communities were forced to come together at a distance. And virtually everything about the school that’s existed for the past half-century was turned upside down.