This Coronavirus pandemic upsets everyone, but independent reading is part of a good solution to children learning at home. Now is a good time to hook them on reading because they can choose their own books according to their own interests while practicing previously taught reading skills.

Will a delayed start to kindergarten improve chances of a child’s success? Will it produce improved emotional, social, academic, and/or athletic outcomes? Or will it sacrifice valuable time when a child’s brain is primed for learning? Will it actually harm your child’s progress? Will it ingrain boredom and lackadaisical effort?

These same qualities are also applicable to the educational leaders of the classroom—teachers.

A teacher learns a lesson about disrespect, poverty, and inaction.