Though online learning hit some speedbumps during COVID, educators know it has vast transformative potential beyond a stop-gap response to a historic crisis.
The COVID-driven shift online, and subsequent learning losses in math, exposed some of the critical flaws in how the subject has traditionally been taught, researchers say.
Educational success starts with positive thinking, rather than hard work. The latter is required but students and teachers become "positive geniuses" by choosing happiness, says Shawn Achor, who will deliver the Future of Education Technology® Conference's keynote speech on Wednesday.
Keeping track of all the laptops and Wi-Fi hotspots distributed urgently to students was yet another of COVID's myriad challenges. How big a challenge that continues to be depends on a range of factors.
Controversies over the teaching of critical race theory are roiling school districts just as administrators are navigating the post-COVD transition back to full-time in-person learning.
