These developments are promising for productiveness, but their impacts on employees stay to be seen. If that occurs, society at massive could possibly be threatened as fewer staff would be wanted to service the financial system; if corporations can get by with fewer staff, job prospects will definitely be affected. […]
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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 […]
Iowa governor’s push to reopen schools descends into chaos
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An aggressive push by Iowa’s pro-Trump governor to reopen schools amid a worsening coronavirus outbreak has descended into chaos, with some districts and teachers rebelling and experts calling the scientific benchmarks used by the state arbitrary and unsafe. The clash in the Midwest has illustrated […]
Schools Touted by DeSantis Now in a Quarantine Nightmare
Don Juan Moore/Getty Images MIAMI—On Sunday afternoon, South Fork High School teacher Karen Resciniti fielded a phone call from principal Jay Blavett. Sometime in the previous week, when thousands of students returned to public schools across Martin County, Florida, where South Fork is located, she had come in contact with […]
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 […]
New coronavirus cases are emerging at schools. How much you know depends on where you live
As children and teachers started returning to classrooms over the past few weeks, new cases of COVID-19 emerged, forcing some schools to temporarily shift to online-learning only and hundreds of students to quarantine at home until their health was assured. While those developments have been well-documented, it’s what remains unknown […]
How to open schools the right way this fall
Of all the challenges COVID-19 has thrown at us, nothing is more daunting than figuring out how to open and operate schools this fall. The problems are complex, multifaceted and impact almost all of us. As an education official in Richmond, Virginia said: “…planning for reopening school this fall is […]
Miami public schools return to online learning. What lessons were learned from spring?
Reopening Miami-Dade public schools began as a game of “ifs.” If positive cases trend downward for 14 days. If testing for asymptomatic minors becomes widely available and expeditious. If at least 25% of a school’s student body opts to stay home, then the rest can go to the schoolhouse. But […]
Connecticut Schools In The Era Of Coronavirus: How Do They Rank?
CONNECTICUT — As parents across the state debate how or even whether their children will return to class in the fall, school superintendents are racking up accolades on how well their systems perform. The latest trophies come from personal finance website WalletHub, which has named Connecticut’s public schools second best […]
How Schools Missed a Chance to Fix Remote Learning
The Clinton Hill School in New York, July 22, 2020. (Mark Wickens/The New York Times) With some combination of optimism, anxiety and wishful thinking, many educators spent their summers planning, in minute detail, how to safely reopen classrooms. Teachers stocked up on sanitation supplies as superintendents took a crash course […]
Students among first to return offer lessons for reopening schools
NASHVILLE — Abigail Alexander shuffled through a stack of papers trying to find instructions for logging in to her school-issued laptop. The 10-year-old chatted with her best friend, a fellow fifth grader, about who is in their classes this year at Head Middle Magnet Prep in Nashville and what period they have a specific teacher. […]
Inside one school’s unorthodox reopening plan
DETROIT — With just days to go before the start of the new academic year, schools around the country are rushing to gather materials they never thought they would need: plexiglass dividers, piles of masks and internet hot spots to connect with students remotely. And then there are schools that […]
Biden won’t go to Milwaukee for convention; Chicago schools to start online; Florida surpasses 500,000 cases
Another pharmaceutical giant announced a vaccine deal with the U.S. on Wednesday while Joe Biden and the rest of the Democratic celebs bid adieu to Milwaukee’s political convention before the coronation train ever rolled into town. Johnson & Johnson said it has a $1 billion agreement to supply 100 million […]
Kids less likely to die from coronavirus, but schools could become hot spots for spread
A student gets his temperature checked by a teacher before entering a summer STEM camp at Wylie High School in Texas. Schools across the USA continue to plan on how to reopen schools this fall. As many school districts across the USA prepare to reopen campuses, some fear classrooms will become […]
Schools seeking alternative to remote learning move classes outside
DETROIT — With just days to go before the start of the new academic year, schools around the country are rushing to gather materials they never thought they would need: plexiglass dividers, piles of masks and internet hot spots to connect with students remotely. And then there are schools that […]
The United States Is Reopening Many of the Wrong Schools
With coronavirus cases spiking in dozens of states, the prospect of anything resembling a normal school year is fading fast. Schools can’t safely reopen if infections are exploding in the communities they serve. But in regions where the pandemic appears to be under control, it is most important to get […]
Some parents want to hire tutors, start mini schools this year. Most can’t afford to.
CHICAGO – Millions of parents across the nation are facing difficult decisions about what to do with their kids this school year. But the pandemic affects every family differently, for reasons that range from their socioeconomic status to their health to the fields they work in. Some parents are in a […]
Online school? Some parents want to hire tutors, start mini schools this year. Most can’t afford to.
CHICAGO – Millions of parents across the nation are facing difficult decisions about what to do with their kids this school year. But the pandemic affects every family differently, for reasons that range from their socioeconomic status to their health to the fields they work in. Some parents are in a […]
The Maryland county where Barron Trump attends school has ordered private schools to stay closed until October
The Maryland school where Barron Trump attends will remain closed until October due to a Montgomery County, Maryland mandate. AP Images The Maryland private school that Barron Trump attends will not be permitted to open for in-person classes until at least October under a countywide mandate ordering private schools to […]