Tag: distance learning
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When we have a chance to look back, many in education will recognize 2020 as the year that learning radically changed. The impact of quickly pivoting the entire industry to an online environment has...
Giving World Languages a Voice… Virtually
The year 2020 has proven to be a challenge for the world and tested its resilience economically, epidemiologically, and pedagogically. Public and private schools have had to shut their physical doors to millions of...
Feds Lay Out Rules for English Learners during Closures
The U.S. Department of Education has issued a factsheet clarifying states’ responsibilities to English learners (ELs) and their parents during the extended school closures:
Annual ELP Assessment — If a state educational agency (SEA) cannot...
Six Keys to Success
We find ourselves in unprecedented times as the COVID-19 pandemic has shut down our schools for an indefinite amount of time. As educators, we are scrambling to adapt to what distance learning means and...
Solutions-Based Nonprofit Provides Tools and Community
mindSpark Learning's free Online Toolkit contains:
A unique series that focuses on creating robust strategic plans for your school or district for the upcoming school yearRecurring, short how-to videos with quick tips and tricks for...
Idioma Education & Consulting’s Top Tips for Teaching in a Virtual Classroom
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"It’s no secret that the current pandemic is challenging all of us to be more creative and innovative as educators. For the time being, the traditional classroom has become a thing of the past...
Former Apple Company Launches Analytics Tools for Distance-Learning
PowerSchool, a tech-education company once owned by Apple Inc, is launching new data analysis tools for millions of educators using its distance learning platform. With the learning gap growing as school closures continue because...
NEA Poll: Low Online Attendance, Equity Top Educators’ Concerns
With school buildings closed across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic, a new poll shows educators and their students face significant challenges in making the difficult transition to distance learning. The poll, which...