Empty Seats, Full Hearts

State superintendent Kathy Hoffman reflects on the Delta variant and how politics is putting a damper on back to school. She shares her best advice for parents to get to the bottom of COVID and curriculum questions in our schools.

Dr. Joanna Andujar discusses what you need to know about the Covid-19 vaccine in children and tips for addressing their physical, mental, and emotional needs moving forward.

Hear how one doctor’s upbringing helped mold her mission to serve and earn trust in the community during the coronavirus pandemic.

Serving students and providing the social emotional supports needed is priority number one for assistant principal Rosa Linda Duron helping to address the trauma, depression and anxiety so many suffered during the 2020-21 school year.

Here's how the 2020-21 school year reshaped school enrollment, teaching, and learning in the second part of our conversation with Principal Janet Hecht

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Leading an elementary school through online learning, a pandemic, education inequities, and food scarcity, Principal Janet Hecht shares how relationships are key to community building and success.

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A first-year teacher, teaching first grade online during the pandemic, reflects on the historic 2020-21 school year, what she’s learned, her advice for other future teachers...and if she’s coming back.

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Hear a comprehensive Q&A with the crew that gained unprecedented access to follow an elementary school, its teachers, students, and families through the 2020-21 school year as they navigated the pandemic, education inequities, food scarcity, isolation, illness, death, and grief.

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Empty Seats, Full Hearts: A New World in Education is a story of true grit. A documentary on how one school perseveres through the pandemic. This companion podcast will reflect on the film and explore the aftermath of virtual learning. We will visit with guests & newsmakers about the effects of COVID-19 on children and the education system, and where we go from here. The documentary premieres May 21.