I'm Here for the Hard Re-Set: Post Pandemic Pedagogy to Preserve Our Culture

The challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic exposed many of the nation's vulnerabilities-health care, economic, climate, and educational disparities -and put us all on alert. While many are scrambling for solutions to return to school in safe ways, this article speaks to the need to fundamentally rethink education and consider the pandemic as an opportunity to restart, or more precisely re-set, education using a more robust and culturally centered pedagogy. This article provides examples of the new ideas that scholars and practitioners are employing to ensure academic, cultural, and social success for students who were regularly placed at risk of failure because of their racial, cultural, and socioeconomic status.