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The Pandemic as a Portal: On Transformative Ruptures and Possible Futures for Education. Occasional Paper Series, 2021 (46) . Retrieved from [https://educate.bankstreet.edu/occasional-paper](https://educate.bankstreet.edu/occasional-paper)series/vol2021/iss46/1  \nThis Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by Educate. It has been accepted for inclusion in Occasional Paper Series by an authorized editor of Educate. For more information, please contact [kfreda@bankstreet.edu](kfreda@bankstreet.edu).  \n| Occasional Paper Series | 10. 2021 |\n| --- | --- |\n|  | 46 |\n\nThe Pandemic as a Portal: On Transformative Ruptures and Possible Futures for Education  \nIntroduction  \nMariana Souto-Manning  \nContributions  \nMildred Boveda  \nKeisha McIntosh Allen  \nTia C. Madkins  \nAyesha Rabadi-Raol Nicole McGowan Madu  \nBianca Licata  \nCatherine Cheng Stahl  \nJulie Orelien-Hernandez Patricia (Patty) Pión Rafaella (Rafa) Soares-Bailey Karina Malik  \nJessica Martell  \nGrasilel Esperanza Díaz Trisha L. Moquino Katie Kitchens  \nAbby Emerson Katie Harlan Eller  \nTara Kirton  \nKatherine Rodriguez-Agüero Johana Protzel  \nSara Álvarez  \nFiona Fong-Frederick Amelia Martinez  \nLela Joy Green Greaves  \nTable of Contents  \nINTRODUCTION  \nThe Pandemic as a Portal: On Transformative Ruptures and Possible Futures for Education 3  \nMariana Souto-Manning  \nCONTRIBUTIONS  \nRemote Portals: Enacting Black Feminisms and Humanization to Disrupt Isolation in Teacher Education Mildred Boveda and Keisha McIntosh Allen  \nRecognizing and Sustaining \\#BlackGirlMagic: Reimagining Justice-Oriented Approaches in Teacher Education  \nTia C. Madkins  \nTelling Tales for Justice and Equity: Storytelling as Public Nepantla Pedagogy Ayesha Rabadi-Raol  \nReimagining Early Childhood Classrooms as Sites of Love: Humanizing Black Boys through Head Rubs and “Playin’ the Dozens”  \nNicole McGowan Madu  \nShifting Skins: Becoming Multiple During Emergency Online Teaching Bianca Licata and Catherine Cheng Stahl  \nRe-Storying Ourselves as Early Childhood Teachers Amidst COVID: Toward Needed Transformations  \nJulie Orelien-Hernandez, Patricia (Patty) Pión, and Rafaella (Rafa) Soares-Bailey Taking Flight: Giving Up the Things that Weigh Me Down  \nKarina Malik  \nThe Pandemic as the Time to Interrupt Harm and Foster Healing through Schooling Jessica Martell  \nAn Invitation to Imagine Education Otherwise Grasilel Esperanza Díaz  \nRemember, Reclaim, Restore: A Post-Pandemic Pedagogy of Indigenous Love in Early Childhood Education  \nTrisha L. Moquino and Katie Kitchens  \nRaising a Co-conspirator: A Letter to My Daughter Abby Emerson  \nBlack Feminist Love: An Open Letter to My Children Katie Harlan Eller  \nFighting For Justice in Education: How Schools Can Lead the Change Towards a More Equitable World  \nTara Kirton  \nMoving into a New Realm of Education and Parenting Katherine Rodriguez-Agüero  \nSchooling During the Pandemic: Children’s Perspectives and Lived Experiences  \nJohana Protzel, Sara Álvarez, Fiona Fong-Frederick, Amelia Martinez, and Lela Joy Green Greaves  \n12  \n23  \n36  \n47  \n58  \n67  \n75  \n81  \n86  \n92  \n99  \n104  \n109  \n114  \n118  \nIntroduction  \nThe Pandemic as a Portal: On Transformative Ruptures and Possible Futures for Education  \nMariana Souto-Manning  \nIn 2020, as COVID-19 made us pause, it also gave us pause, shedding light on inequities in schoolin","cbCaiqe7wRSPQudT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqe7wRSPQudT","pdf",10433315,122,"English","# Introduction\n## The Pandemic as a Portal: On Transformative Ruptures and Possible Futures for Education\n# Contributions\n## Remote Portals: Enacting Black Feminisms and Humanization to Disrupt Isolation in Teacher Education\n## Recognizing and Sustaining #BlackGirlMagic: Reimagining Justice-Oriented Approaches in Teacher Education\n## Telling Tales for Justice and Equity: Storytelling as Public Nepantla Pedagogy","[{\"question\":\"Why does the paper argue against returning to normality in schooling?\",\"answer\":\"It explains that schools’ “normality” has long been shaped by damage, inequities, and dysfunction, and that pandemic conditions intensified these harms for communities of Color.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper interpret the pandemic—as interruption or as possibility?\",\"answer\":\"It frames COVID-19 as creating a pause that reveals inequities and as a “portal” that can support envisioning education differently rather than reproducing oppressive practices.\"},{\"question\":\"What themes appear across the contributions in the issue?\",\"answer\":\"Contributions address transforming teacher education, humanizing early childhood classrooms, justice-oriented approaches, storytelling for equity, and educational practices that interrupt harm and foster healing.\"}]","The Pandemic as a Portal: On Transformative Ruptures and Possible Futures for Education - Article 1 - October 2021 | PDF",1792044223,307]