--- title: Open Up Resources Blog | Jessica Reid Sliwerski --- [![Open-Up Resources Logo](https://news.openupresources.org/hubfs/Openupresources_November2018%20/Images/logo.svg)](https://openupresources.org/) - [Math Curriculum](https://openupresources.org/math-curriculum/) - [ELA Curriculum](https://openupresources.org/ela-curriculum/) - [Overview](https://openupresources.org/ela-curriculum/) - [EL Education K–5](https://openupresources.org/el-education-k-5-language-arts/) - [Bookworms K–5](https://openupresources.org/bookworms-k-5-reading-writing-curriculum/) - [About Us](https://openupresources.org/about-us/) - [News](https://openupresources.org/news/) - [Contact Us](https://openupresources.org/contact-us/) # Open Up Resources Blog ## Jessica Reid Sliwerski [![onetab-announce-open-up-resources](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Asset%201@4x-100-6.jpg?width=680&name=Asset%201@4x-100-6.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/not-playing-games-covid-19-urgent-change) June 09, 2020 | [News](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/news), [Community](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/community), [equity](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/equity) ## [We're Not Playing Games: How COVID-19 Challenges Us to Make Urgent & Meaningful Change](https://news.openupresources.org/not-playing-games-covid-19-urgent-change) [![onetab-announce-open-up-resources](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Asset%201@4x-100-6.jpg?width=680&name=Asset%201@4x-100-6.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/not-playing-games-covid-19-urgent-change) School closures due to Coronavirus in the 2019-20 school year resulted in learning disruptions for [56 million children](https://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/map-coronavirus-and-school-closures.html) in U.S. public and.... 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[Read the Article](https://news.openupresources.org/what-will-it-take-achieve-equity-education) [![hive-2020-going-virtual-announcement](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Asset%2026@4x-100.jpg?width=680&name=Asset%2026@4x-100.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/hive-2020-is-going-virtual) March 31, 2020 | [News](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/news), [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog), [Digital](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/digital), [Math Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/math-curriculum), [ELA Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/ela-curriculum), [Community](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/community), [OER](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/oer) ## [HIVE 2020 is Going Virtual](https://news.openupresources.org/hive-2020-is-going-virtual) [![hive-2020-going-virtual-announcement](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Asset%2026@4x-100.jpg?width=680&name=Asset%2026@4x-100.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/hive-2020-is-going-virtual) *A Proactive Approach to Teaching & Learning in an Unprecedented Time* [Read the Article](https://news.openupresources.org/hive-2020-is-going-virtual) [![A New School Year Resolution-03](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/A%20New%20School%20Year%20Resolution-03.png?width=680&name=A%20New%20School%20Year%20Resolution-03.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/a-new-school-year-resolution) September 10, 2019 | ## [A New School Year Resolution](https://news.openupresources.org/a-new-school-year-resolution) [![A New School Year Resolution-03](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/A%20New%20School%20Year%20Resolution-03.png?width=680&name=A%20New%20School%20Year%20Resolution-03.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/a-new-school-year-resolution) I’m bad at setting New Year's Resolutions (except that one about flossing, thank goodness), but I’m great at setting School Year.... 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