"I think that I'm probably speaking for most school districts when I say that this has been the most unique situation we have dealt with in the history of public education."

The quote comes from Dr. Derrick Coleman, Superintendent of the River Rouge School District as he looks back and relates how the school district navigated the past year in the face of COVID-19. As in-person learning came to a halt last spring in response to the governor's orders, many schools scrambled to come up with a plan to keep students actively learning and engaged. Coleman says, "We were very calculated, we we...