Editorial

Abstract

These months have been characterized by a real dramatic challenge. It is not the first time that human beings must fight a virus; it is the first time, however, that this happens in an extremely connected world. The global progress of the COVID-19 pandemic is having serious repercussions in terms of human lives, healthcare, and economic systems. Clearly, some serious difficulties are affecting also the education system. Institutions, teachers, and students were asked to reinvent themselves overnight, to consider how to teach and evaluate with remote methods that have also repercussion within families. We do not know yet what the consequences of this effort will be. Of course, schools, and probably each one of us, will never be as before.

In this situation, one of the positive notes is the enormous effort made by all the actors in the school world to maintain a mutual connection. A connection made of relationships, shared knowledge and insights, mutual support, sense of belonging. Keep reading...