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

Edsurge

Administrators should take the time to invest in their staff, ensuring that everyone is on the same page and creating a fluid, on-the-fly plan for transitioning from face-to-face instruction to distance learning in the event of a COVID-19 outbreak during the school year, the report suggests.

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Competency-Based Learning Puts Students at the Center. It’s Perfect for Now.

Edsurge

Asmaa, Ismail and their peers in public education were caught in the perfect storm of school closures and an unplanned and awkward move to online learning. Critically, providing systems of learning that value each learner, support and promote their development and operate as anti-racist are non-negotiable.

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

ExcelinEd

Most students attended traditional brick and mortar schools, congregated with friends during class changes and attended sporting events to cheer on their school’s teams. The “fourth quarter” quickly shifted to remote learning at varying degrees of implementation and success. The 2019-2020 school year began with business as usual.

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OPINION: What’s the high-tech tradeoff for students and teachers?

The Hechinger Report

Thirty years ago, Channel One offered schools nationwide $30,000 worth of audiovisual equipment at no cost in exchange for requiring students to view a daily current events program during class. It also often comes with a catch. Commercials, shown alongside educational programming, entered one of the last ad-free spaces in children’s lives.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” And later in the week, also via The Washington Post : “ DeVos softens stance on protesters at higher ed event.” “ Florida Virtual School model shows online learning can be engaging,” according to a puff piece by Education Dive , which rewrites a puff piece by eSchool News.