Help keep Salon independent

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Small children with face mask back to school (Getty Images)

My COVID-19 teaching year

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Students sitting on a bench with markers for social distancing to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus (ROMEO GACAD/AFP via Getty Images)

The “great” reopening: setting America’s schools up to fail

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This photo taken May 8, 2014 shows Mark Matulaitis working on his laptop that he uses for virtual house calls with his neurologist in his home in Salisbury, Md. Matulaitis has had Parkinson's disease since 2011 and sees a neurologist at the University of Rochester via his laptop and special Skype-like software. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (AP)

Teaching across an abyss of silence

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Making American schools less great again

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Christine Blasey Ford is sworn in to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 (AP/Saul Loeb)

Anita, Christine, and me: The Kavanaugh hearings just won’t leave me alone

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Students as teachers: Facing the world adults are wrecking

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Will an AR-15 succeed where the American Dream failed?

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