Today on Stateside, were you planning on socially distanced tailgating this fall? Bad news: the Big Ten has reportedly voted against going forward with the college football season. We talked to sports reporter Chris Solari about what we know so far. Plus, we've got a conversation with an Escanaba teacher about the unique challenges rural schools face when it comes to online instruction this fall.
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The Big Ten is reportedly canceling football for the fall
- Chris Solari is a sports reporter for the Detroit Free Press.
Few Indigenous people see themselves represented in the news. A new project hopes to change that.
- Sierra Clark is Odawa-Ojibwe, and a reporter at the Traverse City Record Eagle with the Mishigamiing Project.
- Meghanlata Gupta is Ojibwe from the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, and founder of Indigenizing the News.
- Kaye LaFond is a data journalist and Report for America fellow at the Traverse City Record Eagle.
Rural schools face some unique challenges in figuring out how to teach during COVID
- Gina Pepin is a teacher and reading specialist in the Escanaba Area Schools.
“I’ll start my 28th year teaching in a few weeks. But will I survive it?”
- Keith Kindred is a social studies teacher in South Lyon.
