Instructional technology

How a Texas district conquered internet dead zones to connect kids

Dead zones in Lockhart ISD's rural communities made handing out hotspots an ineffectual online learning strategy, so the district and its partner built cell towers.

5 reasons why some schools were ready for COVID shutdown

Five factors were good indicators of how confident principals and their teams felt about the transition to online learning when COVID shut down classrooms in the spring.

California disconnect: Nearly 2 million caught in homework gap

Nearly 2 million California students lack access to the internet and 690,000 don't have a computer even as online learning is the norm in most districts.

School spend on remote learning tech growing exponentially

An extensive market intelligence report details what kind of distance learning technology academic institutions are buying as well as activity from major ed tech providers.

Coaching, collaboration, and continuous improvement with video

Video-based reflection, and the use of video coaching, is changing the way we facilitate professional development for teachers.

Education Leaders Share Their Secret Sauce: Leveraging the Power of Video in K-12

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Reopening plan review: 4 promising practices

An analysis of school district response plans to COVID reveals strong, replicable practices from reopening and recovery plans that other systems can model, even where schools have already opened.

Why the U.S. ranks 12th for online learning access

The U.S. was not as well-equipped for the massive COVID shift to online learning, with families paying more for internet service and fewer owning home computers.

School librarians provide critical assist during pandemic

As teachers and students have struggled with the move to remote and hybrid learning, school librarians have been there as a backbone of support

4 essentials of SEL success in online learning

The first step for administrators in developing an effective, online social-emotional learning program is making sure that the teachers leading it are taking care of their own wellbeing.

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