“In the past there were times when the two of us engaged in heated debate about the best ways to effectively educate all children, especially low-income, Black and brown children,” write Geoffrey Canada, president of the Harlem Children’s Zone, joins Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers in The New York Daily News.
“Today, we are coming together to sound the alarm jointly, because the challenges facing our children in the wake of COVID-19 are unprecedented; if we don’t act quickly and decisively to support them, we risk losing a generation of kids.”