A listing of coding, computer science and engineering resources organizations are offering for free in response to COVID-19-related school closures. (Updated May 19)
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/19/20
With studies showing that teachers are more stressed than soldiers returning from battle, now is the time to focus on their mental and emotional health.
- By Kevin E. Baird
- 05/19/20
While it's much too soon to understand what impact COVID-19 will have on K–12 education, two researchers have looked at the potential outcomes.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/19/20
An education technology company that develops digital literacy curriculum is opening up an online summer school. "Summer TechUp," from Learning.com will target students in grades 6-12 with modules in digital literacy and computer science. Topics will cover keyboarding, robotics and Python coding.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/19/20
Trying to predict where we're headed in education for the fall? According to one long-time educator in Wisconsin, if your thinking is focused on how to catch students up to where they should be, "you are asking the wrong question."
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/18/20
Recent research by the NWEA projected major declines in student learning, particularly in math, but also reading.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/15/20
The research project quantified how much less likely low-income and non-white children and youth were to have access to the internet than their peers.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/14/20
The largest district in Iowa distributed almost 21,000 laptops to students during April to enable them to attend classes online.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/14/20
TherapyTravelers has been able to link 250 therapists with school districts, providing remote therapy to about 10,000 students.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/14/20
The Virtual Teaching Academy, an initiative by the University of Phoenix and Blackboard, is intended to help educators develop a blueprint for teaching in the next school year.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/14/20