Ensuring students can still learn during coronavirus-related school closures has become as big a priority for many district leaders over the last several weeks as has disinfecting their buildings.
DA guest columnists Matthew X. Joseph and Christine Ravesi-Weinstein offer strategies for continuing learning opportunities and addressing student wellness—for the first week out and beyond. Joseph, director of curriculum, instruction and assessment at Leicester Public Schools, is a featured speaker at FETC.
Coronavirus closed schools in New York City, which will move to distance learning, while LAUSD calls for community resource centers to provide childcare. ACT reschedules national test.
NASEF launches free daily "Community Club" sessions for students while most schools are shut down because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Professional Development opportunities are also available for free to educators.
Leaders at Mesa Public Schools recognized that, though they had a high performing system, traditional school models were not preparing all students for the future.
