Among the social-emotional stressors East Saint Louis School District students, the coronavirus pandemic "has just been one more thing," says administrators Tiffany Gholson.
In rural North Texas, closing school buildings sped up Sunray ISD's journey toward student-driven instruction freed from the strictures of standardized tests.
James O'Hagan, the Director of Digital and Virtual Learning for the Racine Unified School District, discusses parent involvement, live vs. remote and what K-12 gaming might look like in the fall.
Williamsville Central School District has developed software that automatically assigns students to attend labs where they math interventions if they get questions wrong on grade free tests, which all four of the New York district's middle schools administer every morning.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Superintendents proceeding with online learning programs can join state and local efforts to extend high-speed, broadband internet in their communities.
