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How COVID-19 could bring much-needed flexibility and creativity to our education system. There's no reason more public schools can't adopt mastery learning.

Here’s who’s most concerned about online learning

Families with lower incomes are most concerned about their students falling behind in school due to various forms of online and remote learning during COVID disruptions, a new survey has found. 

How COVID online learning is canceling snow days

Thanks to the COVID-era shift to remote instruction, an early winter storm did not give students in some Midwest districts what they might have eagerly expected: a snow day.

How far behind did students fall during spring closures?

Learning loss during remote instruction this spring was more severe in math than in reading, yet the top third of students appear to have made gains while schools were shut down.

See how a college’s unique masks make music

Nazareth College's School of Music faculty spent months designing and sewing the masks that have small openings specialized to fit each students' instrument.

FETC preview: How leaders thrive during COVID crisis

FETC keynote speaker and superintendent Jill Siler's book about leadership in challenging times guides district leaders in re-envisioning instruction for the hybrid era.

FETC preview: Why empathy is a leadership essential

Massive shift to remote instruction has driven education leaders to refocus on equity and their relationships with students, families and staff.

Financial pressure for teachers is deeper than classroom supplies

Administrators can be a powerful force for change by advocating for affordable continuing professional education and helping to retain teachers.

District fights to conquer digital divide in Silicon Valley

Mountain View Whisman is trying to close gaps for its underserved students but internet is a problem, even in the most high-tech area of the country

Slow responses in shift to remote learning hurting students

A report from the Center on Reinventing Public Education shows the domino effect of delays in embracing virtual learning from the spring to now.

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