How teachers are adapting to working remotely

Being realistic. 'Cut your expectations of what you're going to cover in half and then cut it again. The sooner you accept that, the sooner your head won't explode,” recalls Doug Gilbert, a middle school history teacher in upstate New York, who was advised by a teacher in Wuhan, China. 'Teachers are recognizing they can’t get to the ‘finish line’ they had in mind for their classes,' adds Perkins. 'They are learning to forgive themselves and adjust.' Mostly, they're doing so in three ways: