Main Stage: The Pandemic, the Protests, the Fires, the Election, the Teaching, the Fatigue: How We Move Forward From Here

It’s true: 2020 has shifted the very foundations of our profession. Understandably, educators are longing for a return to "normal." In this session, Cornelius Minor poses the question: What if, instead of returning to normal, we returned to better? What are the practices, approaches, and habits that we can abandon, and what are the new kid- and community-centered structures that we can erect in their place? How can we cultivate the heart to hear and to see what our communities need from us? And what knowledge and methods are needed to sustain powerful learning at this time of constant change?