Guidelines for Teachers to Avoid Pitfalls in an Online Learning Environment

As educators delve into the world of remote and online learning, we must be mindful of the need to retain professional boundaries at the same time as working to maintain a high level of support for students.

4 Strategies for Supporting Students' Social and Emotional Well-Being Remotely

In these challenging times, taking the time to check in with students’ social-emotional wellness is just as important as attending to their physical well-being.

Living (and Learning) with COVID-19: Best Practices for Reopening Schools

While the attention so far has been focused mainly on ensuring that all students continue to receive a high-quality learning experience from home, leaders are now shifting their focus to how they can safely and responsibly reopen schools. Here are eight key suggestions for keeping students and staff safe when schools reopen.

Des Moines Equips 21,000 Students with Devices

The largest district in Iowa distributed almost 21,000 laptops to students during April to enable them to attend classes online.

Teaching from Home: How Distanced Teaching Creates PD Needs and Opportunities

Most K-12 educators are still not ready to teach online. It would be foolhardy to overlook this reality.

What Schools and Colleges Have to Rethink for Fall 2020

The fall of 2020 will be different. Nobody knows for sure what it will look like, but most would agree that it will be different, which raises many questions for those of us involved in the construction and design of academic facilities.

Updated: Free WiFi for Online Learning During COVID-19

Refer your families to these services to help them keep up with school work.

Updated: Free Resources for Schools During COVID-19 Outbreak

In response to the number of states, districts and schools that are shuttering schools to students in response to fears about the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), education technology companies have stepped forward to help educators reach students in virtual ways. (Updated May 13)

Updated List of Statewide School Closures with Closure Dates

Almost all states have now closed their schools to in-person instruction through the 2019–2020 academic year. Plans for summer and fall are now being discussed. Here's a complete listing of all states' closures, along with current known plans for the summer and fall terms. (Updated May 11)

Most High Schoolers Expect to Head Back to School in the Fall

Spring fever is taking on a new profile in a time of pandemic stay-at-home orders. High schoolers are now feeling much more enthusiastic about the prospect of returning to school in the fall.

Report: Best Use of AI in Augmenting (Not Replacing) Teacher

A new report is out to help teachers and school leaders understand how artificial intelligence can change education.

UPDATED: Resources for Educational Facilities During COVID-19

With COVID-19 changing the educational landscape each day, school and college decision makers need all the help they can get during this global crisis. Here are some resources on everything schools and colleges need to consider regarding educational facilities, construction, design and planning of new facilities, maintenance, managing employees and much more. (Updated 5/13)

Research: Students Feeling Stressed; So Are Their Teachers

Two recent surveys have examined the social and emotional well-being of K-12 students but from opposing sides — one focused on the students and the other focused on teachers.

Google Meet Now Available Free

Zoom has some new competition. Google has just made premium functionality in its online video meeting software freely available to anybody with a Google email account.

Ed Tech Company Proposes Student Bill of Rights for Remote Learning

Doing school work remotely is different from handling it in-person. For one, teachers can't necessarily see how a student is accomplishing class work and may therefore make faulty assumptions about how it was done; and two, the education technology that facilitates online learning collects data on the student and the interactions, frequently without the student even knowing, let alone opting in.

CA State Agencies, Companies and Philanthropists Step Up to Close Digital Divide

To bridge the "digital divide" in California, state agencies, private companies and philanthropists, urged on by Gov. Gavin Newsom, have stepped forward to deliver internet access to households without it and to provide computing devices to students who need them.

Career Content Provider Launches Online Platform for Live, Remote Ed

Nepris, which produces a library of career videos and sets up industry connections between industry and classrooms, has launched a "virtual classroom," that combines real-time instruction with K-12 classroom management functionality.

ED Grant Competition Offers $300 Million in Funds to 'Rethink Education'

The United State Department of Education has announced a new grant program offering $307.5 million in funds for states to "create adaptable, innovative learning opportunities for K-12 and postsecondary learners in response to the COVID-19 national emergency."

Entries Now Open for New Product of the Year Award

Spaces4Learning has opened its 2020 New Product of the Year award program. Each year, the program recognizes new and emerging products and technologies for the outstanding contributions they make to K–12 and higher education.

Maker Mask Teams with pi-top to Share Lessons on 3D Printing Respirator Masks

A new nonprofit maker organization is working with a company that creates computer kits to encourage people to make respirators for their communities.

Montana School Reopens With Safety Measures

Students at Willow Creek School in Montana returned to school on Thursday. The school, which serves between 50-60 students in grades K-12, is one of the first in the United States to reopen after schools closed in March.

New Panopto Tool Allows Educators to Record Their Presentations

Video management company Panopto has introduced a free tool to allow teachers and instructors to create and share recordings of their presentations and lectures.

Schools In Focus: COVID-19 and the Impact on School Design

As schools across the country figure out how to safely reopen schools, we wonder: how will COVID-19 impact school design? Senior editor Yvonne Marquez discusses with Sylvia Kowalk and Robin Randall from Legat Architects on what changes we might see as schools reopen.

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