During school closures, science instructors at a Massachusetts school system encouraged students to find examples of science in their backyards and neighborhoods, analyze science in the news and perform experiments using household items.
Student voice impacts "everything we do" in Maryland's Howard County Public School System, and has recently led to a more diverse curriculum and a looser dress code.
Approximately, 15 to 16 million students—and as many as 400,000 teachers—lack access to online learning and digital devices as the new school year approaching, according to a new analysis.
Before Chicago Public Schools steeped itself in student voice, educators there realized their young learners had far more influence on their lives outside the classroom.
Heading into the new school year, teachers crave data on online learning's impact on students and they also want more training in how to use the information.
The coronavirus pandemic and online learning show that all schools should become 1-to-1—not just with computers, but also for cementing student-teacher relationships, a leading child advocate says.
School leaders are under pressure to provide every student with a device for online learning in the fall as many districts plan to adopt some form of blended learning even if campuses reopen.
On the first day of school when classrooms reopen in Texas' Ector County ISD, teachers are more likely to cover social-emotional learning than math or English, Superintendent Scott Muri says.
