When the COVID-19 pandemic forced Chicago Public Schools to make a hurried switch to remote instruction earlier this year, Lidia Muro said it didn’t work out so well for her 5-year-old stepson Elijah, then a kindergartner at Marvin Camras Elementary. Some of the schoolwork he was given required logins and […]
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Parents clamored for details about remote learning options at Chicago Public Schools’ fourth virtual feedback session on Thursday, even as officials laid out plans for a partial return to the classroom this fall and said an eventual return to the classroom is inevitable. “At some point students will return to […]
With a month before students start returning to college, Howard Community College faculty and staff are preparing for its mostly online learning model this fall. However, distance learning isn’t a new concept to the Columbia-based community college. “HCC has had distance learning for a really long time,” said Megan Myers, […]
Kids aren’t the only ones dreading another semester of online classes. Parents have pretty much been struggling with adjusting to the “new normal” of online school during the pandemic era. While you’re on a conference call for work in your dining room, your kids are engaging in a 30-person Zoom session in the […]
(Bloomberg Opinion) — During the weekend, the New York Times highlighted some of the comments it has received in reaction to articles about reopening schools. They were not a cause for optimism. “Despite all my love for my students, I don’t really want to die for them or anyone else. […]
Call it coronavirus déjà vu. After planning ways to reopen campuses this fall, colleges are increasingly changing their minds, dramatically increasing online offerings or canceling in-person classes outright. This sudden shift will be familiar to students whose spring plans were interrupted by the rapid spread of the coronavirus. Now, COVID-19 […]
This list has been updated for fall 2020. With schools going remote or part-time this fall to stop the spread of coronavirus, you may find yourself with a side-gig: teacher. Whether you’re transitioning to full-time home-school, using your school’s remote learning, considering a micro-school or “pandemic pod,” or just facing […]
There are many, many important questions swirling about the potential of going back to school this fall, and most of them are about something more important than money. People’s safety is obviously first and foremost. The livelihood of millions of educators and school employees also matters, as does the education […]
Courses at Florida’s college and universities should remain online-only this fall, said the union that represents faculty members across the state, citing fears of the spread of coronavirus. Leaders from the United Faculty of Florida, which represents instructors at all 12 public universities and 14 state colleges, and the Florida […]
MALIBU, CA — Pepperdine University announced Thursday that it would hold all classes online for the fall 2020 semester due to the coronavirus statement. “This was not the decision we had hoped or planned to make,” President Jim Gash said in a statement. “Our faculty and staff and regents have […]
SEATTLE, WA — The University of Washington is scaling back plans to hold small, in-person courses this fall quarter, citing an “alarming increase” in COVID-19 cases seen in Washington and much of the United States. In late June, UW unveiled plans that would allow for courses with 50 or fewer […]
Many college students will find themselves learning in an entirely online or hybrid format this fall as the U.S. outbreak of the novel coronavirus worsens. The pandemic caught colleges and families by surprise in the early months of 2020, but ahead of the fall semester, college students have the opportunity […]
WATSONVILLE, CA — The Santa Cruz County Office of Education confirmed Monday that it does not anticipate students will return to in-person classes in the fall. That’s because Santa Cruz County met the criteria for the state monitoring list, which indicates state public health officials are keeping an eye on […]
A group of students walk through the Sather Gate at UC Berkeley. (Eric Risberg / Associated Press) Hopes that college life might begin a slow return to normal this fall were deflated Tuesday, when two University of California campuses announced they would begin the semester with fully remote instruction amid […]
SANTA CRUZ, CA — The Santa Cruz County Office of Education confirmed Monday that it does not anticipate students will return to in-person classes in the fall. That’s because Santa Cruz County met the criteria for the state monitoring list, which indicates state public health officials are keeping an eye […]
Denzel Washington tackles the 2000 role of coach Herman Boone in “Remember the Titans.” (Tracy Bennett / Buena Vista Pictures) With the CIF deciding to delay the start of the high school football season until Jan. 8 because of uncertainty and safety concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, teens and their […]
Denzel Washington tackled the 2000 role of coach Herman Boone in “Remember the Titans.” (Tracy Bennett / Buena Vista Pictures) With the CIF deciding to delay the start of the high school football season until Jan. 8 because of uncertainty and safety concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, families are going […]
Five days a week, Relford Matthews reports to dormitories at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to paint, fill holes in the walls and install Plexiglass dividers meant to minimize the spread of COVID-19. Lots of the time, Matthews works by himself. So, for the moment, the 64-year-old maintenance worker […]
They’ll be following all the rules this fall at the University of Michigan: masks, social distancing, smaller class sizes, frequent hand and surface washing, and more — much more. They’ll also be pioneering new rules for a new reality, particularly in the realm of remote instruction, as befits one of […]
From Good Housekeeping There are more than 150 COVID-19 vaccines currently in trials across the globe, per the World Health Organization. Experts postulate that some human trials may conclude in late 2020, but a vaccine won’t arrive until spring 2021 at the earliest, and a majority won’t be available until […]