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What Will Schools Do in the Fall? Here Are 4 Possible Scenarios

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based think tank New America , the three authors—an instructional designer and two former teachers—lay out four possible scenarios for what school will look like in the 2020-21 school year, based on present understanding of the COVID-19 virus and health experts’ advice for school re-openings.

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How Districts Can Develop a Comprehensive Plan for Remote Learning Come Fall

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(Credit: Mike Zetlow) I know from my year teaching at VIPKid that students can learn online , a conclusion researchers have also reached. This online learning model doesn’t work for every child, but it is right for some. Invest in blended and online learning professional development.

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Want to Help Schools Closed by COVID-19? Don’t Pitch Them Right Now.

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News that schools and districts across the country are closing campuses and preparing to transition their staff and students to online learning have led to a flurry of questions and, subsequently, people lending support. Chris Lehmann (@chrislehmann) March 16, 2020. We don’t need email clutter right now.

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#AskExcelinEd: Amid COVID-19, how can states prepare exiting 3rd graders to ‘read to learn’ in 4th grade?

ExcelinEd

Transitioning from learning to read to reading to learn in third grade is a significant milestone, and this unprecedented nationwide disruption to student learning will likely have long-term implications. for the 2019-2020 school year. The 2019-2020 school year began with business as usual.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

When we posted our 2020 predictions on January 1 last year, we–along with the majority of the world–definitely didn’t anticipate the curveball that was (and continues to be) the global COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 has been called a dumpster fire, the worst year in recent memory, and more. education system.

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PROOF POINTS: Fixing online credit recovery remains elusive

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The online software was a lot cheaper than paying a teacher and graduation rates went up. Journalists discovered cheating scandals and evidence of low-quality instructional materials. Rickles and his team also created their own test to measure how much the teens actually learned. But there was a downside.

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

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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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