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Most families have given up virtual school, but what about students who are still thriving online?

The Hechinger Report

The second grader attends SpaRRk Academy, a virtual learning program for elementary students created in 2021 by the Rio Rancho School District in New Mexico. The district assigned 10 full-time teachers to provide live, online classes via Zoom. The district assigned 10 full-time teachers to provide live, online classes via Zoom.

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How edtech can worsen racial inequality

The Hechinger Report

Hebbar said she’s seen racial biases in some of the personalized learning software available for schools. The rush to adopt tech during the pandemic, Hebbar said, has been problematic because school procurement officers didn’t always have time to properly vet tech tools or have rigorous conversations with tech companies.

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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

As the struggle continues, a few overarching lessons learned — about equity, expectations and communication — are now helping schools navigate this crisis on the fly. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. on March 18, 2020.

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As a district re-opens, one middle schooler returned to school and another remained home

The Hechinger Report

After a year of purely remote learning, elementary and middle school students were offered one day a week of in-person instruction in March; that was followed by two days a week the first half of April. With the resumption of in-person learning, her grades have risen from mostly Ds and Fs to mostly As and Bs.

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The best ideas from the Distance Learning Playbook by Fisher & Frey

The Cornerstone for Teachers

If you need to hear a positive outlook and some inspiration about distance/hybrid learning right now, I think you’ll really enjoy this conversation. On teacher clarity in online learning: We have to make sure we’re communicating with students and their families about when they need to be on and what they need to be doing.

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‘Protect my babies’: Parents desperate for safe school options as the virus surges

The Hechinger Report

Montgomery, an elementary school in Mound Bayou, Mississippi: Respectful. Health hazards like sky-rocketing infection rates are one of the reasons Loretta Nash wishes she’d been given more flexibility when deciding whether or not to send her goddaughter back to in-person learning at I.T. Responsible. Cooperative. Montgomery.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” ” EdX has launched some new “professional certificate programs.”