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Before This Virus (On NYC Schools and COVID-19)

The Jose Vilson

A critical analysis of history reveals that, to the contrary, some won’t. Now, the vast majority of us have to plan for “remote learning” using any number of online learning tools that we may not be familiar with. It had to come to this. Indeed, some haven’t. I now have more questions than answers.

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OPINION: Creating better post-pandemic education for English learners

The Hechinger Report

In a spring survey in California, nearly one-third of Spanish-speaking families said that they could not understand the distance learning information sent home by their children’s schools. American schools are overwhelmingly English-only environments — and too often, this can make them hostile spaces for English learners and their families.

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Few preschool apps are developmentally appropriate, report finds

The Hechinger Report

Josh Golin, executive director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, a nonprofit advocacy group, said many apps have been “falsely marketed as educational” for years, even though there is no evidence that the apps actually help children learn.

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GoGuardian Finds Three Factors That influence K-12 Student Engagement Online and In-Person

eSchool News

Through this eight-month research project, they identified the factors that impact an engaging learning experience and strategies that school boards, administrators and teachers can implement to help improve student engagement. Because the COVID-19 Pandemic has restructured U.S.

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Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual

The Hechinger Report

million in the same period last year, according to an analysis for The Hechinger Report conducted by the consulting firm Kantar Media. million in that period, almost quadruple last year’s spending, the analysis showed. She wants to see online learning taken out of the hands of for-profits altogether.

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Why thousands of Philly families are switching to cyber charter school

The Hechinger Report

In fact, Pennsylvania has quietly become the “cyber charter capital of the nation” according to a report from the education advocacy group Children First PA. According to a Chalkbeat analysis of 2023 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) test score data, 36.8% That is a huge problem.”

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Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US

The Hechinger Report

Absences were more prevalent among Latino, Black and low-income students, according to Dee’s analysis. They cost crucial classroom time as schools work to recover from massive learning setbacks. James, 12, has autism and struggled first with online learning and then with a hybrid model.