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Online learning

How to cope with laptop and device shortages

Educators in Newport News Public Schools were steadily working their way through a five-year 1-to-1 plan to provide all students with laptops when the COVID pandemic struck.

Are millions of students really missing school?

As many as 3 million of the country’s most marginalized students may not have returned to school—online or in-person—since the COVID closures in March, a new analysis suggests. 

See interactive map that tracks school COVID responses

Database covering most school districts tracks reopenings, learning models, sports participation and masks, among other aspects of this COVID-disrupted year. 

Report shows need for schools to protect student privacy, data

A new report from the Center for Democracy and Technology shows the need for K-12s to address the use of data, especially as ed tech becomes more prevalent

The ABCs of preventing and mitigating DDoS attacks

The ubiquity of remote learning platforms has put educational institutions squarely in hackers’ crosshairs. Here’s how to protect your network.

How will the 2020 Biden-Trump election impact K-12?

The homework gap and connecting all students to the internet will remain one of the key K-12 challenges facing either Don Trump's or Joe Biden's administration after the 2020 election.
Tue Oct 20th, 2020

Get access to doing something new during COVID

Guiding district leaders in implementing and sharing these and other innovative instructional strategies is the goal of The Canopy project.
Mon Oct 19th, 2020

Online SEL success relies on making connections

Developing an effective social-emotional learning program—whether it’s online or in-person—requires the teachers leading it to take care of their own wellbeing.
Mon Oct 19th, 2020

How virtual wellness shifts SEL online

Shifting social-emotional learning online means high school students in Maryland’s Anne Arundel County Public Schools participate in twice-weekly virtual wellness blocks.
Mon Oct 19th, 2020

5 stories of online learning innovations during COVID

Allowing students to solve real-world problems that are relevant to their everyday lives is key to keeping them engaged in online learning.
Mon Oct 19th, 2020

Here are the keys to battling teacher burnout during COVID

COVID has so disrupted K-12 education that building leaders and teachers can look at 2020-21 as their first year in the profession.
Mon Oct 19th, 2020