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24 September 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Remote learning during the pandemic robs teachers and counselors of face-to-face contact that can reveal serious problems in children's lives, and so Philadelphia schools created the Healing Together program to train ...
18 September 2020
Leander, Texas, United States
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
For one school district in Texas, using personal relationships established before the pandemic, proved the best way to reach bilingual students in rural parts of the district who weren't showing up to remote classes. ...
18 September 2020
Suffolk, Virginia, United States
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
A school district in Virginia has implemented a two-prong solution to provide internet access to rural students during the pandemic. The indoor solution allows students to make appointments to be inside the school to ...
KXAN-TV
Laney Valian
18 September 2020
Austin, Texas, United States
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
As a result of the pandemic, some families find themselves turning to learning pods, a sort of alternative school where students can be looked over and mentored while they attend remote classes. Working parents find t...
2 September 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Groups in the Bay Area that have successfully sought to have police disciplined for misconduct and won new police-accountability policies have turned their form of organized monitoring into a training platform for pro...
27 August 2020
United States
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1500-3000 Words
80 percent of overnight camps across the country have shuttered down due to pandemic. Camps that reopened had to change how they operate, by using a range of practices from apps to field guides, some have been able to...
27 August 2020
United States
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1500-3000 Words
Students and educators across the country are discussing how to implement anti-racism curriculum in the classroom. Although it can be challenging, educators are using a myriad of methods to teach students about racism...
10 August 2020
London, England
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Five recently-graduated doctors put together a virtual bar-trivia-style program called SOLViT to supplement med students' curriculum during their final year, when they should be receiving in-hospital training, but can...
Science Magazine
Elizabeth Pennisi
15 July 2020
New Hampshire, United States
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Under 800 Words
Due to the pandemic, university professors teaching field and lab work courses are rethinking ways to provide what was formerly a strictly in-person, hands-on experience. In New Hampshire staff at a marine laboratory ...
13 July 2020
Pakistan
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1500-3000 Words
The Pakistani government uses technology, like a state-owned TV channel that broadcasts content for grades 1-12 and apps sourced for free by ed-tech companies, to help the over 50 million school children without broad...
4 July 2020
Seattle, Washington, United States
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800-1500 Words
When many schools across the U.S. suspended in-person school and switched to virtual learning, a teacher was able to successfully keep his students motivated and hopeful despite the drastic decrease in physical intera...
17 June 2020
Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
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Under 800 Words
Geology professors at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire have found ways to overcome the challenges of remote learning and delivered their students a new, and all-around more accessible, virtual class experience. The ...
Staten Island Advance
Jessica Jones-Gorman
16 June 2020
Staten Island, New York, United States
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800-1500 Words
Although the pandemic has set a serious tone, teachers in Staten Island are helping their students cope with at-home learning through laughter and unconventional methods. Two teachers recorded videos of themselves whi...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Amy Schwabe
8 June 2020
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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800-1500 Words
Virtual classes have become an unexpected advantage for children with autism and other sensory processing disorders. In-person acting classes can make some children with these disabilities uncomfortable and unable to ...
Staten Island Advance
Jordan Hafizi
31 May 2020
Staten Island, New York, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
Dance, karate, and music instructors in Staten Island, New York are adapting and shifting the ways they deliver lessons to work within the virtual landscape their students, and the rest of society are living in due to...
31 May 2020
California, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
As teachers have shifted their classrooms to remote learning during the pandemic, the challenge of keeping students actively engaged and interested remains. For some teachers in California this included enhancing less...
27 May 2020
Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
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800-1500 Words
When schools across New Hampshire, and the U.S., suspended in-person classes as a result of the pandemic, each developed its own way of dealing with a new teaching landscape, including Beech Street Elementary in Manch...
18 May 2020
United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Colleges across the nation suspended in-person classes due to the coronavirus, but it also meant suspending campus life—a classic staple of the American college experience. Students innovated by creating their own ver...
15 May 2020
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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1500-3000 Words
In Arizona, several schools are flipping the traditional format of school on its head; at home, students watch recorded lessons and then, during the day in the classroom, they work through homework. Advocates believe ...
13 May 2020
South Bend, Indiana, United States
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800-1500 Words
An Indiana-based architect started a virtual camp for elementary school-aged girls focused on the lesser-known field of landscape architecture. The weekly virtual lessons work by explaining the career and concepts of ...
10 May 2020
New York, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Students in the Mineola school district had a head start when schools around the country switched to online classes as a result of the coronavirus? Since 2017, students as young as kindergarteners have been learning t...
2 May 2020
Danvers, Massachusetts, United States
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1500-3000 Words
What happens when vocational education goes online? In Danvers, Massachusetts, one high school is pioneering creative solutions such as dropping off mannequin heads for cosmetology students, setting students up with a...
2 May 2020
Mesa, Arizona, United States
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Over 3000 Words
The Summit Learning Program is an online program that offers personalized lessons in science, social studies, math, and English language arts for students in grades four through 12. “Nearly 400 schools use it across 4...
27 April 2020
California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Following early rumors of coronavirus-related school closings, one California school district took quick actions, including setting up workshops for teachers on remote learning basics and implementing more flexible cu...
23 April 2020
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Schools across the United States are patching together solutions in the aftermath of the mass migration to online learning brought on by COVID-19. Wi-Fi hotspots, webinars with parents, and office hours are the new no...
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