Corona Chronicles: Teachers and Education

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across America closed their doors to face-to-face learning. Teachers and students were asked to continue their education through online platforms for the rest of the school year. Many students, especially high-school seniors, were distraught over the loss of major milestones, like prom and graduation. Chances are you heard – or saw – several stories about that. But many teachers suffered, too. In this edition of Corona Chronicles, reporter Shannon Henry sits down with a high school teacher in Richland County to talk about the very real impact that virtual learning had on her and her students.

Produced and edited by Flynn Snyder

Columbia Chronicles, including this special coronavirus-focused season titled Corona Chronicles, is produced through a partnership between Garnet Media Group, the University of South Carolina's School of Journalism and Mass Communications, and USC's Honors College.

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