"As educators, we agree that the best path forward is to listen to health experts. But we also need to continue re-thinking the educational system and we need the expert opinions of the teachers who are on the frontlines of that system."

"Only through empowering our students to value their education will we see success during virtual learning. If we want to continue striving for academic success and educational equity, teachers must empower their students by diversifying their curriculum to become unabashedly anti-racist and liberating."

"It is time for us as a country to pour much-needed resources into our education system to transform the narrative of our most at-risk students from one of deprivation to one of promise."