Providing books that students can read and relate to not only supports literacy, reading comprehension, and language growth but also offers a social-emotional boost during coronavirus closures.
The challenges of online learning, including family stress and students' lack of access to technology, has led superintendents to close early and begin preparing for fall 2020.
School districts across the U.S. are getting books into the hands of ELL students to maintain literacy and reading comprehension skills while classrooms are closed.
Superintendents are now diving into the nitty-gritty as they look ahead to reopening schools safely in fall 2020 and welcoming students back into classrooms that may look a lot different.
Ideas are emerging for fall 2020 as school leaders foresee blending in-person and online learning for different groups of students on alternating days and in the evenings.
Reforms resulting from coronavirus closures might include blended learning where struggling students spend more time in classrooms while others take online classes.
Turning school buses into mobile WiFi hotspots will provide broadband access and equity in narrowing the digital divide in online learning during the coronavirus crisis and beyond.
Momentum is building for an emergency stimulus fund that would help schools bring broadband internet access and WiFi to students left out of online learning.
Educators in Scarsdale, New York, realized that wellness, SEL and mindfulness were as important a part of the shift to online classes as the academics.
