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Using ESSER Funds to Prepare for a Transformative School Year

Insight Education Group

As educational systems are rebuilt after the disruption of the global pandemic, a new relief fund is providing aid to districts to address trauma, learning acceleration, the digital divide, and much more. Districts and schools may be wondering how to best use these funds.

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Using the ESSER Funds to Prepare for a Transformative School Year

Insight Education Group

As educational systems are rebuilt after the disruption of the global pandemic, a new relief fund is providing aid to districts to address trauma, learning acceleration, the digital divide, and much more. Districts and schools may be wondering how to best use these funds.

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Ready or not, a new era of homeschooling has begun

The Hechinger Report

The suburban Seattle school is part of the Northshore School District, which closed earlier in March and has since paused its online learning program. (AP How to homeschool” is trending on Google. In the coming days, city schools will begin training teachers in remote learning while “practicing social distancing,” Carranza said.

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Why So Many Are Behind with Remote Learning

The Innovative Educator

Governor Jay Inslee, the superintendent of public instruction, advised schools not to offer online classes unless they can ensure that lessons are provided on an equitable basis. They chose not to figure out ways to bridge the digital divide for the most vulnerable families and students. What was preventing virtual learning?

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

edWeb.net

Dr. Gonzales’s district is reaching out to local non-profits for help with the shift to 100% online learning, which cannot be done quickly or cheaply, especially at a time when the district is receiving less state funding. Understanding ESSER, ESF-REM, and GEER.

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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

After dealing with the first priority — making sure students were safe and fed — schools had to figure out how to keep the learning alive. But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well.

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

As we think about our work in the past 2019-20 school year, we should reflect on the online learning that had occurred for those of us fortunate enough to have the necessary technology—both at our schools and in our students’ homes. How might we bring these important elements to the online learning experience in the next school year?