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Attitudes About Homeschooling May Get Unexpected Boost From a Year of Remote Learning

Edsurge

Home Is Where the Homeschooling Is Could greater public approval of homeschooling be an unexpected result of the pandemic’s forced experiment in remote online learning? Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey finds homeschooling rates have more than doubled during the pandemic. households in April/May and September/October 2020.

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Distance learning during the pandemic: Improvise. Adapt. Overcome!

Neo LMS

A version of this post was originally published in the April 2020 E-Learning Supplement of Education Today. Read more: Adopting the asynchronous mindset for better online learning. Educators can continue creating online learning materials and design activities that can happen within the digital medium.

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K-12 Funding in the American Rescue Plan

MIND Research Institute

As we did in April 2020 for the CARES Act , and in February 2021 for the CRRSA Act , team members at MIND Research Institute have summarized the funding opportunities available for K-12 education under the American Rescue Plan below. E-Rate and Connectivity. ESSER Funding Breakdown for K-12. Further Resources.

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Cybercriminals come for schools — and schools aren’t ready

The Hechinger Report

In 2020, Baltimore County Public Schools was hit with a cyberattack that disrupted the district’s remote learning programs, froze its operations and cost the school system nearly $10 million. Last year, a similar data breach of the Los Angeles school district led to thousands of students’ psychological records uploaded to the dark web.

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Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual

The Hechinger Report

In August 2020, Amanda Nemergut was looking for alternatives to in-person public school for her three daughters. As parents fearful of coronavirus’s spread and frustrated with their schools’ forays into remote learning seek other options, they are increasingly turning to virtual for-profit charter schools like the one Nemergut chose.

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How Library Closures Hurt Adult Learners as Kids Doubled Down on Digital Reading

Edsurge

Libraries Close, Internet Access Ends There have been several studies about how the lack of fast home broadband has hurt kids’ access to online learning during school closures. adults lost their main source of internet access as libraries started to shut down in March 2020. 1,182) and Australia (1,040) in December 2020.

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Millions of Students Are Still Without WiFi and Tech—Why Haven’t Policymakers Stepped Up?

Edsurge

They just weren’t ready for distance learning, and a big part of that was that too many students lacked adequate WiFi access to get to virtual class. Cases like 2020’s Cayla J. Then, there are states that lacked laws prior to 2020, but began responding to the at-home learning requirement with new legislation for future needs.

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