Tag: COVID-19
Questions to Ask Ourselves
Educators, WE...
Five Million Assessments Reveal COVID Educational Slide
A new report based on 5.3 million assessments of student progress in grades 1-8 details the effects on learning associated with COVID-19 school disruptions. Released by Renaissance (a leader in pre-K–12 education technology) to...
Let’s Talk COVID-19
Conversemos COVID-19 (Let’s Talk COVID-19) is an initiative produced by the Indigenous and Diasporic Language Consortium at the NYU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies in collaboration with CUNY Mexican Studies Institute, Kichwa...
The New Normal Takes Testing Online
While academic institutions around the world struggle to decide the way forward for the upcoming school year, how to test students safely and accurately is often at the forefront of their decision making. There...
A Third of World’s Schoolchildren Cannot Learn Remotely
At least a third of the world’s schoolchildren were unable to access remote learning when COVID-19 shuttered their schools, according to a new UNICEF report released last month as countries across the world grapple...
No-Cost Access to BeeLine Reader
In response to widespread school shutdowns, BeeLine has launched a program to give free access to affected teachers and students. Click here to learn more about their program and to sign up.
BeeLine Reader is...
Distance Learning Packet for ELs
Ballard & Tighe, a publishing company that creates materials designed especially with ELs in mind, is offering educators a free distance learning packet. It contains eight units that can completed with students in person...
Coronavirus Language Access Act Introduced to Senate
U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Kamala Harris (D-CA) have introduced the Coronavirus Language Access Act, which expands access to coronavirus-related resources by increasing language access...
NPO Offering At-Home Resources for Families
HighScope is offering at-home resources for teachers to share with families including activities, strategies, and other ready-to-use, age-appropriate learning materials. Resources are designed for use with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. HighScope is also offering...
Remote SEL Resources
Move This World has compiled resources for remote learning from their digital library and they are making them available to all educators for free. School administrators and teachers are welcome to download these free...