Governing

Pandemic Exposes Equity, Access Gaps in Distance Learning

It’s a May afternoon, and for the sixth graders at Acequia Madre Elementary School in Santa Fe, N.M., it’s time to present their projects on ancient civilizations. One student explains to his ...
Forbes

Distance Learning During The Coronavirus Pandemic: Equity And Access Questions For School Leaders

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm the author of "Thinking Like a Lawyer: A Framework for Teaching Critical Thinking to All Students," and I write about ...
JD Supra

How to Implement Distance Learning and Still Comply with Existing State and Federal Laws

The Governor has now issued Executive Orders closing down restaurants, gyms and theaters through April 30. Gatherings are limited to those under 50 people, and President Trump suggested gatherings ...
Forbes

Lessons From A Pandemic: We Need Distance Learning At The Front Of The Class

With governors shuttering public schools across the country in an attempt to stave off the worst impacts of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), a massive experiment in online learning is taking place ...
Microsoft

Learning Never Stops: Enabling Distance Learning Across the World

With more than 1.5 billion students and youth affected globally by closures of schools and universities, the COVID-19 crisis has prompted institutions to switch to remote learning at unprecedented ...
EdSource

Schools must work harder to connect culturally with English learners during the pandemic

EdSource · How a California professor once coded secrets in music (rebroadcast) California students, particularly English learners, don’t just need schools to provide them with access to math, reading ...
EdSource

California voters, including parents, have deep concerns about distance learning

As most public and private school students in California continue to study from home, distance learning gets a definite thumbs down from the state’s registered voters, including parents, according to ...
kcra.com

New plan aims to bridge digital divide among California students

STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE GOVERNOR NEWSOM ANNOUNCED A NEW PLAN TO SUPPORT THE STATE’S DISTANCE LEARNING EFFORTS AND HELP BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE MILLIONS OF STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE SUPPOSED TO ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal

In rural Nevada, tech challenges disrupt distance learning

Brandy Dedmon’s two teenagers spend their school days in Indian Springs sitting outside in 100-degree-plus temperatures because that’s the closest place they can pick up their school’s wireless ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal

How distance learning is affecting parents and teachers

Three kids. Two jobs. One worked-to-the-bone mother. You hear it in Krystal Shen’s voice: composed, yet occasionally fizzing with frustration, like an effervescent splashed into water. A health care ...
CSR Wire

Lessons From a Pandemic: We Need Distance Learning at the Front of the Class

With governors shuttering public schools across the country in an attempt to stave off the worst impacts of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), a massive experiment in online learning is taking place ...