A UNICEF survey found that 94% of countries implemented some form of remote learning when COVID-19 closed schools last spring, including in the United States. This is not the first time education has ...
This story is part of Fast Company‘s Reinventing Education package. As millions of students begin school during a deadly pandemic and global recession, we’re highlighting the ongoing efforts to keep ...
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It appears that remote learning will remain in some fashion, even beyond the pandemic, according to a recent survey by the Rand Corporation think tank. And that’s especially true for K-12 instruction.
Remote instruction is new to a lot of teachers, but not to everyone–some of us have been doing it for years. I personally have developed curricula for 17 separate remote learning short courses. Prior ...
School districts that switched to remote instruction during the coronavirus pandemic did far worse on spring 2021 standardized tests than those that kept their classrooms open, according to a new ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New York City public school students participating in the city’s blended learning model may not get live instruction on the days they are learning remotely, according to a ...
This spring, the Covid-19 pandemic forced schools across the country to close their doors and had teachers, students, and families scrambling to adapt to remote instruction. For many, it didn’t go ...
This story is part of a special project called Big Ideas in which EdWeek reporters ask hard questions about K-12 education’s biggest challenges and offer insights based on their extensive coverage and ...
I keep hearing the same complaint from parents: “I don’t want my children on these long videoconference calls. It is making them miserable.” These long, synchronous classroom calls which have become ...
Given all the changes to public education in the past year, Carinne Gale felt lucky her training to be a teacher prepared her to work online. When the COVID-19 pandemic forced Gale’s classes at the ...