From L to R: Tiara and Camron Kennedy; Ms. Tiffany Shawn; Ms. Ribbon Williams, Expect Better STL; Karissa Anderson, Advocacy Director, The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis; Teresa Steinkamp, Advising Director, The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis.
In less than a year, the coronavirus has changed life as we know it-- from job losses to evictions and even the loss of loved ones. As we enter the fall and back-to-school season, we wanted to know: what does education look like in the midst of a pandemic and how can we keep students, educators, and workers safe?
In this episode, we hear from two teachers: one who will share what it’s like to teach through a pandemic and another who has been organizing teachers to advocate for safer policies and practices in the St. Louis Public School system. We’ll also talk to a student advocate and financial aid advisor from a local nonprofit scholarship organization about how COVID-19 is affecting college students and what it means to put a racial equity lens on the student loan crisis.
