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Pandemic Should Not Be Used as an Excuse to Change Approach to Learning

Pandemic Should Not Be Used as an Excuse to Change Approach to Learning
It’s one thing to expand online learning resources for students, but it’s another thing to use the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to throw out our entire approach to public education. Matt Cardy/Getty Images
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Every school across the country is now closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Students are at home for what looks like an extended period of time.

Michael Zwaagstra
Michael Zwaagstra
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Michael Zwaagstra is a public high school teacher and a senior fellow with the Fraser Institute. He is the author of “A Sage on the Stage: Common Sense Reflections on Teaching and Learning.”
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