Learning to Love Solitude (and Hate Oatmeal) on a 15,534-Mile Canadian Trek

Learning to Love Solitude (and Hate Oatmeal) on a 15,534-Mile Canadian Trek

In 2015, independent Canadian filmmaker Dianne Whelan set out on what is now known as the Trans Canada Trail, a nearly 17,000-mile recreational trail that encompasses green trails, roads and waterways from the Atlantic to the Pacific and north to the Arctic Ocean leads. On August 1, Ms. Whelan, 56, accompanied by her parents, partner … Read more

NYC Public Schools will have remote learning instead of snow days next school year

School buses are covered in snow during a snowstorm on February 1 in Brooklyn, New York.

Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer, said Tuesday the company had been mandated to ship 1.6 billion doses of its Covid-19 vaccine worldwide this year and the company expects to deliver at least 3 billion doses of the vaccine by 2022 to produce. The company is in talks with countries for multi-year contracts with potential delivery. … Read more

Commentary: We must prepare our systems of learning for future disruptions with equitable access to opportunity

Commentary: We must prepare our systems of learning for future disruptions with equitable access to opportunity

(BigStock photo) Washington’s K-12 system was completely inadequate for the COVID-19 pandemic. While our educators have done an admirable job, too many children have lost learning opportunities that will be difficult to catch up with. The pandemic has also highlighted educational inequalities that have persisted in our public schools for decades, if not since their … Read more