By Benjamin Herold Given all the changes to public education in the past year, Carinne Gale felt lucky her training to be a teacher prepared her to work online. When the COVID-19 pandemic forced Gale’s classes at the Boston Teacher Residency to go all-remote last summer, for example, one of her instructors adapted by using a

A new teacher reflects on a surprising first year By Alicia Simba I started my first day as a teacher last August, staring at seven little 4-year-olds who stared back at me through a quiet Zoom screen. I pressed unmute, animatedly introduced myself, and invited them to do the same, as they sunk into their parent’s