169 - Online Learning with Baltimore Public School Principal Matt Hornbeck
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2020
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
We last heard from Matt Hornbeck—longtime principal of Hampstead Hill Academy, a K-8 school in Baltimore city—in the spring after schools abruptly closed. Hornbeck now returns to the podcast to talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the first few weeks of online learning and what a typical day looks like. They also discuss successes and setbacks, how to think about prioritizing ESOL students and those with special needs, and what might happen regarding reopening for in-person learning in the months ahead.
KEYWORDS: schools; student life; pandemic response
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Season 2 of Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins |
| 0:11.6 | Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:13.6 | I'm Joshua Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, |
| 0:18.8 | and a former secretary of Maryland's Health Department. |
| 0:21.9 | Our goal is to bring scientific evidence and experience to the public health news of the day |
| 0:27.3 | through informative interviews with scientists, community leaders, policy experts, public health |
| 0:32.7 | officials, clinicians, and more. If you have ideas or questions for us to cover, |
| 0:38.4 | please email us at public health question at jhhhu.edu. |
| 0:43.1 | That's public health question at jhhu.edu for future podcast episodes. |
| 0:49.2 | Today, I catch up with Matthew Hornbeck, |
| 0:52.3 | the longtime principal of Hampstead Hill Academy, |
| 0:55.7 | an award-winning public K-to-Aid school in Baltimore City. I last spoke to Principal Hornbeck |
| 1:01.6 | in the chaos of the spring when school had to close abruptly. We now talk about virtual learning, |
| 1:08.3 | covering both the challenges and some pleasant surprises. |
| 1:12.7 | Let's listen. |
| 1:14.5 | Principal Hornbeck, thanks so much for checking back in with us. |
| 1:18.7 | The school year has started. |
| 1:20.7 | Yes. |
| 1:21.7 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:23.3 | Tell us what it's like right now at Hampstead Hill Academy. |
| 1:27.4 | So it's very different than the spring. |
| 1:29.5 | It's very different than a year ago. |
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