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Liz Willen Dear reader,

Perhaps the only thing we can be sure of during this dark month of January is uncertainty. Students in many parts of the country are back to remote learning, while the pandemic continues to create widespread disruption, absences and safety concerns ([link removed]) in districts that have stayed open.

“Everyone is in the same wait-and-see place,” Phyllis Fagell, a school counselor in Washington, D.C., told me while she waited in her school’s parking lot where she was getting tested for Covid before returning to the classroom. Like educators everywhere, she’s aware of how difficult these times are for children, and urges “a little extra kindness, support and compassion.”

That’s not easy when many of us are already at the end of our ropes; some school districts successfully kept Covid cases low ([link removed]) – until omicron hit.

As we enter the third year of the pandemic, change is happening everywhere, from the way fifth graders see their future ([link removed]) s to how higher education is adapting ([link removed]) and how students – and counselors ([link removed]) – are thinking about college vs. careers in the trades ([link removed]) . These are among the stories we bring you this week, during this fraught and complicated new year. As always, we love hearing from our readers, so let us know what’s on your mind. And thanks again to all who supported The Hechinger Report this holiday season!

Liz Willen, Editor

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** COLUMN: We’ve learned a lot so far. Let’s apply those lessons in the difficult month ahead ([link removed])
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Staying calm, showing kindness and learning what keeps kids safe and healthy will help beleaguered parents and educators navigate a third year of disruption.
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** How schools that kept Covid cases low are battling new variants ([link removed])
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We tracked five school communities that kept the pandemic mostly at bay and are now scrambling to protect kids and keep them learning as new Covid variants surge.



** How fifth graders see the world in 20 years ([link removed])
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Flying cars, houses on Mars — and hopefully no more Covid or racism.



** PROOF POINTS: What tooth brushing could teach us about being a good student ([link removed])
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Parent praise at home might motivate children to be persistent, early research suggests.



** Facing an existential crisis, some colleges do something rare for them — adapt ([link removed])
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To stem enrollment drops, a few schools resolve to give students what they want.



** Long disparaged, education for the skilled trades is slowly coming into fashion ([link removed])
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Higher demand, better pay and new respect are drawing students to the trades.



** 2021: Year in pictures ([link removed])
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Images that captured the tragedy and resilience that marked 2021.
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