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The coronavirus pandemic is reshaping education

The coronavirus pandemic is reshaping education

On Sunday, Feb. 23rd, rumors started that schools in the Lombardy region of Italy—the country’s economic powerhouse—might close. Confirmed cases and deaths from the new...

With Schools Closed, Kids With Disabilities Are More Vulnerable Than Ever - MindShift

With Schools Closed, Kids With Disabilities Are More Vulnerable Than Ever - MindShift

With Schools Closed, Kids With Disabilities Are More Vulnerable Than Ever With Schools Closed, Kids With Disabilities Are More Vulnerable Than Ever Listen Leaving students with...

Responding to COVID-19: How Are the Children? - Digital Promise

Responding to COVID-19: How Are the Children? - Digital Promise

The African Maasai are famed for their strength and mental acuity. Yet, their greeting to one another carries a message about what truly makes them heroic: “Kasserian Ingera.”...

As online learning rolls out, education may change forever

As online learning rolls out, education may change forever

Online learning is poised to transform public education across the country as provinces and school boards scramble to complete the academic year – a paradigm shift that could...

How to Help Kids Understand Coronavirus During Distance Learning - MindShift

How to Help Kids Understand Coronavirus During Distance Learning - MindShift

How to Help Kids Understand Coronavirus During Distance Learning Copy Link  (sakkmesterke/iStock) Before schools actually shut their doors in response to coronavirus, Naomi...

3 Ways to Use Video Conferencing with Students Learning Remotely

3 Ways to Use Video Conferencing with Students Learning Remotely

Thank goodness for Zoom and Google Hangouts! During this time of social isolation and remote learning, these video conferencing tools are lifesavers. They make it possible for...

Just shifting online or shifting the learning?

Just shifting online or shifting the learning?

Across the globe schools are closing due to Covid-19 and the learning is being moved online. I recently shared in my Daily-Ink post, ‘Novel ideas can spread from a novel...

'Are We Going to Get Ourselves in Trouble?': Districts Struggle With Special Education

'Are We Going to Get Ourselves in Trouble?': Districts Struggle With Special Education

With a pandemic pressing tens of thousands of the nation's school districts into extended closures, special education administrators across the nation are wrestling with a...

10 Ways to Keep Your Family Safe from the Coronavirus Outbreak

10 Ways to Keep Your Family Safe from the Coronavirus Outbreak

Since late December 2019, the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has infected well over a hundred thousand people in various parts of the world and killed more than 4,000 of...

5 Reasons Virtual Learning Is Harder Than You Think

5 Reasons Virtual Learning Is Harder Than You Think

Continue reading the main story 5 Reasons Virtual Learning Is Harder Than You Think Some parents and health officials concerned about the coronavirus have urged more schools to...

“Shout Out” to Our Educators

“Shout Out” to Our Educators

Attend any dinner party, read local listservs, follow parents on Facebook, or just sit at the dinner table and education is often a topic of discussion. I imagine it is simply...

Reduce Student Anxiety (and Your Own) During Uncertain Times | Common Sense Education

Reduce Student Anxiety (and Your Own) During Uncertain Times | Common Sense Education

Given the uncertainty we're all experiencing due to the coronavirus outbreak, it's not easy to "keep calm and carry on," as teachers are expected to do. Most are preparing for...