Catlin Tucker

APRIL 4, 2020

Schools in California will not reopen this year. Teachers are scrambling to move their offline courses online to ensure that students continue learning for the remainder of the school year. Understandably, the focus is on online learning as that is a new and unfamiliar learning landscape for a lot of educators.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2020

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the country struggle to move their brick-and-mortar classrooms to remote online learning environments. director at Hayutin & Associates, during a recent edLeader Panel.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2020

If schools remain closed, they’ll need to prepare for more remote learning. On the other hand, there’s a chance schools might be able to open back up, in which case they’ll likely need to have students come in shifts in order to maintain social distancing. Related content: 10 blended learning resources for schools.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

As we embark on a new year against the backdrop of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, we continue to live in an extraordinary age of mass school closures and distance learning. Despite this growth, however, the pandemic has not been smooth sailing for schools and online education providers. Edtech explosion.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

After listening to educators, parents and caregivers from across the country, Savvas Learning Company today introduced a range of platform enhancements and new K-12 educational products aimed at making distance learning more impactful. Savvas Realize Optimized for Distance Learning.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

As we enter the second half of the 2021-2022 school year, many of us are still reeling from the 2020-2021 school year, which was defined by massive changes to the learning landscape. Now, more than a year later, educators, students, and parents have been able to reflect on their experiences with online learning.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Students across the country have missed months of school due to COVID-19 and are entering another year that’s shaping up to be anything but normal. While the full impact has yet to be determined, the fear is that the COVID learning loss experienced during the pandemic could widen achievement gaps for those students furthest from opportunity.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2020

Like so many districts across the country, the Greenville Public School District (GPSD) in Mississippi faced the challenge this spring of quickly pivoting to online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Related content: Data vs. COVID-19: How one district runs the numbers. Challenges faced in Spring 2020.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2020

In the classroom, routines support student learning and build efficiency. The same is true with online and distance learning. At a time when students — and parents — may be feeling a little anxious, overwhelmed, or uncertain about the new school year, routines can provide a sense of structure, stability, and control.

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2020

Will schools convene in person again, will they have to move back to online learning in case of new viral outbreaks, or will learning remain online for now? Pandemic Planning for Distance Learning: Scenarios and Considerations for PreK–12 Education Leaders , a report from New America, asks just those questions.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2021

In the classroom, routines support student learning and build efficiency. The same is true with online and distance learning. Here are eight ways to create more clarity and consistency in online classrooms, and help students feel at ease and valued in an online learning environment.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2020

As the current school year comes to a close, looking and functioning nothing like what any of us could have imagined mere months ago, another challenging school year looms ahead. For starters, the authors note that there is little reason to believe that a “normal” school year is within reach. Although nearly every U.S.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 14, 2020

I shared the TRACE acronym for the tenets of school culture, which Jason Green talked about in our conversation on my podcast, The Balance. Then I asked the students to think about how clear each tenet at the schools where they were doing their student teaching. It changed the whole dynamic of the webinar. quiz features).

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2018

Hayes K–12 educators discover the benefits and flexibility of online learning. By Heather B.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” Online learning is not just another edtech product, but an innovative teaching practice."

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

As we enter the 2021-2022 school year, many of us are still reeling from the last one. Last year was defined by massive changes to the learning landscape. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting stay-at-home orders meant that students and teachers alike were forced to shift to online or hybrid learning overnight.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2020

Most educators are certain that if they don’t begin school online in the fall, they’ll eventually have to move to online and at-home learning if a second wave of the virus hits the nation, or if social distancing and other precautions aren’t possible in often-overcrowded schools.

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2020

Each week, Ann Vinson ticks off the items one-by-one on the voluminous remote learning checklist her school requires. Kerry Rice It’s an exhausting schedule that she says is designed to hew closely to a normal school day, keeping students punishingly busy and parents content. Others are vague.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 21, 2020

This story on how blended learning can help schools reopen during the COVID pandemic, originally published on June 15, was eSN’s No. If schools remain closed, they’ll need to prepare for more remote learning. If schools remain closed, they’ll need to prepare for more remote learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Following Monterrey’s success, other Mexican higher ed institutions have launched new online programs mirroring Monterey Tech’s model. In Latin America, only about 15 percent of higher ed institutions offer hybrid options, and only about 20 percent deliver fully online courses. In the U.S.,

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Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2020

In the fall of 2018 our school made a big shift. After twelve months of planning we launched a new daily schedule based on brain science and designed to encourage deeper learning and student wellbeing. As we chronicled in an earlier EdSurge article , we had tried to change our school schedule once before without success.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2020

Many K-12 schools this week have cancelled in-person classes and announced a shift to online teaching. But at least one online-learning expert thinks that's a bad decision, especially for vulnerable students. A growing body of evidence suggests that online learning works least well for our most vulnerable learners.

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eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2020

And while those issues are still important, school and district leaders must now factor in that schools may never function the same way again. Related content: Lessons and leadership during the switch to online learning. Constituent communications. devices) and indirect costs (e.g., professional development).

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

While the virtual learning model is largely beneficial for student continuity, K-12 districts and higher education institutions are increasingly targets for cyberattacks. Howard University and Allen Independent School District in Texas are just two recent examples. Where do education leaders go from here?

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Over the past few years, schools have sought cost-effective ways to deploy full-featured devices at scale, and Chromebooks have been a popular solution in many instances. Shipment volumes are up 90 percent from 2019, and there are now more than 40 million Chrome OS devices in K–12 schools across the United States.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 9, 2020

The majority of teachers I have spoken with did not enjoy their initial experiences with distance learning. A big issue for many teachers was a general lack of student engagement online.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Our school leaders and their teachers have just had the most stressful summer to date. When was the last time educators had to wait so long to be able to figure out what back-to-school would look like? Create a Unifying Vision for Learning Online or offline? Live classes or asynchronous learning?

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2020

The platform includes inspiring videos covering the K-12 curriculum, accompanied by video-focused, standards-aligned lesson guides to save schools time and training resources. Regular webinars, video tutorials, and video strategy guides support educators in effectively implementing video in the classroom. Teachers can sign up here.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2020

This fall, some school buildings may be open again, but things won’t be back to normal. In all likelihood, students will have to come to campuses part-time in shifts, which creates a whole host of challenges for schools as they strive to offer comprehensive educational opportunities.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

As a new school year begins, a number of district leaders are scrambling to address concerns from parents and staff that their chosen online learning platform features content that is racist, sexist or inappropriate for children. 25, two days before her district’s first day of school. We’re not even going there.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. The move to online learning also made people wonder: Are there practices we can continue when the pandemic abates? This may assist with mitigating learning loss. education system. Collin Earnst, CEO, LearnWell.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

School closures have forced millions of teachers, students and parents to prepare for remote instruction, often in a rushed and chaotic state. How those plans have been implemented so far—and the extent to which distance learning is in effect—depends on who you ask, or their socioeconomic status.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2020

This online learning model doesn’t work for every child, but it is right for some. And as schools plan to reopen this fall, leaders should use this time to create high-quality distance learning options that could transform teaching and learning for the better.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Learning loss is everywhere—and so are reports detailing the setbacks. As some schools reopen, edtech product use declines. And “non-traditional” students appear more okay with remote online learning than their “traditional” peers. That, in itself, is a learning loss. All in this Edtech Reports Recap.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Moore is the Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment for the East Pennsboro Area School District. Moore: We are a small suburban school district (approximately 2400 students in two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school) located in Enola, PA that started the school year completely online.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 28, 2020

Buena Park School District. “We I teach at a Title 1 elementary school, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. What was the transition to remote learning like for your school? On March 13th, we had a feeling that the schools would definitely be closing based on what was being spread all over the media.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Children get one childhood, and time is one of the most precious resources we have in schools. This book spells out how pandemic school shutdowns resulted in massive learning losses. For years, educational technologists have cast personalized online learning as an answer to what plagues education. newsletters.

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