New Chiefs for Change/Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy report provides expert analysis of research and offers recommendations for reopening K-12 schools.
A Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that overturned most provisions in the "Safer at Home" order issued by the state's Department of Health Services in April 2020 will not require students to return to the classroom just yet.
Here are four K-12 districts being honored as Districts of Distinction runners-up for incorporating education technology in professional learning and in the classroom.
With the "COVID-19 slide" likely to impact some students severely, administrators will have to assess learning loss and use the data to develop interventions.
Teachers need high-quality assessment data and the know-how to use it effectively to determine where their students will be this fall—particularly those facing the 'COVID Slide,' says DA guest columnist Jacob Bruno.
Postponement of SATs and ACTs, and the elimination of other standardized tests, shows their academic value has been overestimated, says one superintendent.
DA guest columnist, veteran teacher and FETC featured speaker Rachelle Dene Poth shares ed-tech tools for engaging learners and giving them a voice when schedules won't permit connections for Zoom, or similar platform, meetings.
Reforms resulting from coronavirus closures might include blended learning where struggling students spend more time in classrooms while others take online classes.
To make graduation determinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, school administrators and IEP teams will need to understand new diploma flexibilities and whether each student with disabilities met the revised course credit requirements.
