In the Fall of the year 2020, students will learn how to troubleshoot on a computer. This is a skill that they’ll use for the rest of their lives. Because of the way one must learn how to work with a computer, and fix issues with a computer, they’ll become […]
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Information Technology Services brings USC together for online learning
When COVID-19 threatened to disrupt USC’s family ties and sense of connection this semester, experts in USC Information Technology Services quickly stepped in. They had to provide a virtual space online where Trojan students, faculty, staff and alumni could get together while they stayed physically apart. And they had to […]
Gov. Wolf putting CARES Act funding into high-speed internet for schools to support remote learning
Governor Tom Wolf has announced a $15 million program to help schools in Pennsylvania fund high-speed internet platforms and remote learning. The money is part of the funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, which was dispersed to support states during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Spectrum introduces high-speed Internet service that schools can offer students for at-home learning
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Spectrum, a telecommunications company, is unveiling a cable broadband plan that provides another option for households with students needing high-speed Internet for at-home classes during the coronavirus pandemic. © Plain Dealer staff/Pexels/cleveland.com/TNS Remote learning requires adequate Internet service. It’s called “Stay Connected K-12” and it would cost […]
Georgia teachers celebrate virtual learning with awesome hype videos
Two Georgia high school teachers who recently started their year online decided they would not let the changes of school this fall hold them — or their students — down. So they made a hype video about it. Audrianna Williams and Callie Evans are teachers at Monroe Comprehensive High School […]
Tech barriers to remote learning send parents scrambling, expose ‘digital chasm’
Matielyn Jones, a mom of two from Georgia, did everything she could to help her school-age son succeed as he navigates remote learning this semester — investing in a new laptop, desk and chair so he could be as prepared as possible to succeed in his virtual classes. When her […]
Many Schools Are Using a Hybrid Learning Model This Year; Here’s What Parents Should Know
Related: 25 School Picture Day Photos That Didn’t Turn Out the Way the Kids’ Parents Hoped Kids’ Funny School Photo Fails More What’s the Difference Between Hybrid Learning, Blended Learning, and Flipped Classrooms? With so many new terms being thrown around, it’s hard to keep everything straight. After all, how […]
UNC-Chapel Hill Pivots to Remote Learning 1 Week After Classes Start as Coronavirus Cases Soar
Ted Richardson/getty images Students returned to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has announced it will be shifting to remote learning after coronavirus cases among students soared just one week into the new school year. The announcement came on Monday, […]
9 ways to get through at-home learning this fall, from teachers
As schools across the United States reopen for the 2020-21 school year either completely online or with an online learning option amid continuing concerns about COVID-19, a lot of parents are finding themselves supervising their children’s school days. The thought of being responsible for their children’s academic experiences is daunting […]
Moms brace for school year juggling jobs, remote learning amid COVID-19 pandemic
Traci Wells was at a school board meeting when she found out the springtime balancing act between her job and helping her children with online schooling would stretch into the fall. “I was like, I cannot do six more months of this,” says Wells, a mother of four, who is director […]
Remote Learning Doesn’t Work For All Students
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Q: Nearly every state in the country ordered schools closed last spring, and tens of millions of public-school students will continue learning online this fall. The question on the minds of many Americans is, how can we promote remote learning that actually works for all students? The public charter […]
How to create an A+ space for learning at home
If you’re a parent of one of the estimated 57 million U.S. students returning to elementary, middle or high school, they might be learning from home – at least to start – to help quell the spread of COVID-19. University and community college students may be in a similar situation. […]
Remote learning during the pandemic has hit vulnerable students the hardest
In the 15 years he’s been teaching, high school literature teacher Jude Mirambeau has never faced a school year like the past one. In March, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread, his state of Florida, which is home to some of the largest school districts in the nation, shuttered its schools […]
14 things you (or your kids) need for distance learning this year
14 things you (or your kids) need for distance learning this year With many schools across the country either closed or operating under a hybrid model to prevent the spread of COVID-19, students and their guardians alike are bracing themselves for a fall semester of distance learning — and consequently, […]
Families Priced Out of ‘Learning Pods’ Seek Alternatives
Shy Rodriguez with her sons, Shawn Pagan, 11, left, and Jaiden Pagan, 8, at their home in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on July 31, 2020. (Hannah Yoon/The New York Times) WASHINGTON — When Shy Rodriguez heard about one of the hottest trends in education during the pandemic — “learning pods,” where parents […]
Do kids still need vaccinations if they are learning online during the COVID-19 pandemic?
The 2020-2021 school year will soon begin the way it ended in South Florida: online. And while your child may be temporarily learning through a computer screen instead of in a classroom, that doesn’t mean you should delay a trip to the doctor. All public and private schoolchildren from kindergarten […]
Pivot to remote learning creates a chance to reinvent K-12 education
Lights, camera, learn! AaronAmat/iStock via Getty Images Plus Many of the nation’s 57 million K-12 students will spend at least part of the 2020-2021 school year either dealing with distance learning or a hybrid model that keeps them out of classrooms several days a week. They’ll spend lots of time […]
L.A. school board approves deal on remote learning; critics say it falls short on teaching
Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. Austin Beutner demonstrates the use of sanitizing tools while taking a tour of Burbank Middle School. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) With families anxious about the quality of online learning, the Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan that […]
HCPS Virtual Learning Plan Approved By Harford County Board Of Ed
HARFORD COUNTY, MD — The Harford County Board of Education approved administrators’ proposal to hold the first semester online while also establishing in-person learning centers. The plan presented by Harford County Public Schools Superintendent Sean Bulson was approved, 8-1. The dissenting vote came from Tamera Rush, who represents Council District […]
This California school is open, ‘learning as we go.’ Is it a model or a mistake?
China Arkansas, 8, an incoming third-grader at Mount St. Mary’s Academy in Grass Valley, Calif., takes an assessment test under the watch of teacher David Pistone. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) Inside Mount St. Mary’s Academy, a Catholic school in this Gold Rush town in the Sierra Nevada foothills, […]