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What did we learn? Gloria Ladson-Billings is not excited about ‘going back to normal’

In April, Indian novelist Arundhati Roy published a series of essays, including one titled “The pandemic is a portal.” … This idea has been the year’s biggest takeaway for Gloria Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor emeritus, author and education researcher. The COVID-19 pandemic is a portal, she said, for educators in Madison and across the country to rethink how they teach.