Hey everybody, it's Martine.

We are doing something different today.

As the pandemic continues, school districts around the country are grappling with this question

of how to reopen for the fall.

Fully in person, fully remote, some hybrid of the two.

And one of the things that they're definitely thinking about is what they learned from their

experiences earlier this year when most school districts switched to online learning, the things

that worked and the things that didn't work.

That's why we wanted to bring you this story from all told.

Another podcast here at the post that has been sharing first-hand stories from Americans

living through the pandemic.

One of their recent episodes looked at the realities of remote schooling and how everyone,

teachers, students, and parents are just trying to figure it out.

And so on today's episode, we are playing that whole story for you.

The next voice you'll hear is Bishop Sand, the producer of this episode of All Tilt.

This is the story about the hardships and the hopefulness that emerged from a teacher

three students and a reporter as a coronavirus ripple through the American educational system.

We start in early May with Lauren Mechler, the National Education reporter for the Washington

Post.

It's really interesting to be covering something that I am also experiencing as a parent.

I obviously see education, you know, year in and year out from a parent point of view,

but now I'm seeing it like really up close and personal.

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