Nick Low, a high school engineering and CAD teacher, keeps students engaged in online learning with 3D-printing certification programs and design challenges.
Even though the school year is coming to an end, superintendents still have a chance to find budget savings that will help their districts cope with expected cutbacks.
The annual tracking of laptops and other ed-tech assets has been disrupted this year as district leaders try to ensure students can continue online learning with adequate instructional technology this summer and beyond.
District leaders who have invited teachers back into their buildings to close out the school year have made detailed plans to reassure employees about the coronavirus risk.
School closures may widen the skills gap that results in some fifth-graders learning at a high school-level while students in the same class have yet to master third-grade content.
Personalized learning in summer school and an early start to the school year anchor Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho's aggressive plan to close coronavirus achievement gaps.
Texas is allowing school districts to hold in-person summer school starting June 1, but only a few superintendents have announced plans to reopen classrooms to students and teachers.
Teachers looking for online learning resources are getting a big boost from the University of Michigan's free library of digital instructional materials.
Only a handful of students remain without reliable WiFi internet access in Colorado's Boulder Valley School District, where leaders have connected nearly 1,000 families since the coronavirus outbreak closed schools.
