DETROIT – A white board in the David Ellis Academy gymnasium is stuck on the wall. And in time. It details the planned activities for physical education classes on March 12, 2020 — the last day Ronda Brodsky taught physical education and health to students at the pre-K through eighth grade public charter school in Detroit.
Like countless educators during the pandemic, Brodsky has had to make the adjustment to instructing her students virtually. But unlike many of her counterparts, she’s charged with getting children to move — a task made tougher when they are required to be in front of a screen at the same time. “It was very difficult for me and I know a lot of them, because I’m not one that sits still well,” Brodsky said. “So, to tell me