Leonie interviewed Professor Jal Mehta, who recently wrote a very thought-provoking and optimistic piece in the NY Times on how lessons from the pandemic this year has taught us how schooling should be redesigned next year. Dr. Mehta teaches at the Harvard School of Education and is also the co-author of In Search of Deeper Learning: The Quest to Remake the American High School. They discussed whether the lack of resources and the current emphasis on standards and accountability might constrain schools from encouraging the stronger connections between teachers and students and the autonomy and flexibility in curriculum that he recommends schools should adopt when they reopen in full.