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Shanna Yarbrough

Beyond the Bell

English - December 06, 2020 16:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
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Middle school ELA teacher Shanna Yarbrough and host Evelyn Lauer discuss the dilemma of the three-percent Covid positivity rate threshold in New York City, the benefits of new technologies, and the challenges of summative assessments while teaching remotely. 

Yarbrough has a BA in Creative Writing from UC Santa Cruz, an MFA in Book Arts from the University  of Alabama, and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Relay Graduate School in NYC. She began teaching as a NYC Teaching Fellow in 2014. She has also taught bookbinding and letterpress printing for about 10 years. She is currently teaching eighth graders at Highbridge Green Middle School in the Highbridge area of the South Bronx.

Follow host, Evelyn Lauer, on Twitter and Instagram, @evelynalauer.