NEWS

Evaluating Our Options for School Year 2020-21

The Covid pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for everyone in education. At Open School East, we are proud of how we rose to the occasion in March and immediately found new ways to provide academic, social-emotional, and resource support for our students and families. Remote learning was completely new for […]

Open School Does School Differently

In the traditional education system, marginalized students, especially Black students and students with disabilities, are pushed out of schools and into the criminal justice system. Many students who come to Open School have internalized the idea that they are “bad kids” or that their identity is “problematic.” We’re working to change […]

Distance Learning Report 2020

The Covid pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for everyone in education. At Open School, we are proud of how our community came together. Here are a few key wins from this spring: Thank you to our incredible students, staff, family and supporters for working to keep relationships thriving during this […]

We Must Have Each Other’s Back

A Personal Statement from Open School Executive Director, Terry Johnson What happened in Minneapolis and New York’s Central Park was unnecessary, sad, and disheartening. Another black man dead at the hands of racist and heartless white police officers. Another white woman was “threatened and concerned for her safety” when […]

Open School Goes Online

To our dearest students and families of Open School East, COVID-19 has affected the entire world and here at Open School, we know that our students and families will be feeling the inevitable impacts our society is preparing to endure in the wake of the novel corona virus. We know […]