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The governor last week extended the shutdown indefinitely, which spurred many districts to make the commitment to plunge back into specific coursework online instead of just treading water with enrichment activities.
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School districts in the Eugene-Springfield area began distributing laptops and tablets to students late last week in an effort to close access gaps for students without technology at home needed for remote learning.
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About 14,700 kids in Philadelphia didn’t own a computer in 2018, and thousands more lack the Internet connection they need to learn from home, as more than 21,500 kids did not have an Internet subscription.
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Guilford County, N.C., schools will go on spring break next week, but it’s now been nearly three weeks of trying to learn while out of the classroom for most of the district’s about 72,000 students.
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COVID-19 has brought about a sea change in the way college educators have to think about courses, students and technology as they hunker down to finish an unprecedented academic year.
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A school superintendent in Connecticut this week likened getting 60,000 laptops into the hands of needy high school students around the state to filling Yankee Stadium and making everyone walk out with a computer.
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The school board has ratified a legal agreement which would allow for video conferencing between teachers and students. Teachers will begin utilizing video conferencing over the course of the next few days.
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Missouri schools are closed until at least April 24, but remote learning has started with online classes — much like colleges are doing — learning packets available online or by mail, and phone calls from teachers.
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A new learning initiative in Los Angeles has ignited dozens of similar programs in the country. The model involves broadcasting state-approved lessons for kids without Internet or digital tools at home during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Community colleges across Massachusetts are having a difficult time going remote because of financial limitations. Additionally, many of the students do not have access to the technology needed to go remote.
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The Austin school board will conduct their regular board meeting on Monday at 6 p.m. virtually on the videoconferencing platform Zoom as a health safety measure amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Controversies over grading are roiling universities and colleges across the country, as the coronavirus outbreak prompted them to shift to online learning and send most students home to disparate circumstances.
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For many parents in Chicago’s suburbs, it’s been an adjustment as children are home on an extended break due to the coronavirus and schools experiment with e-learning on a scale they’ve never undertaken.
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Some Pennsylvania school districts on Tuesday announced plans to move forward with remote instruction, one day after the governor extended the school-building shutdown due to the coronavirus.
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A nonprofit group has raised more than $300,000 toward a goal of $700,000 to distribute a number of laptops free to students who qualify for them, supporting distance learning during the coronavirus.
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In the wake of the coronavirus, a nonprofit education technology initiative is allowing students and faculty to access many materials and services without cost through the end of the semester.
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In Washington state, library systems are focusing their efforts on digital services — especially for homeschooling — as the COVID-19, or novel coronavirus, pandemic forces schools and libraries to close.
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With schools closing across the country due to the novel coronavirus, digital learning seems like the antidote. On-the-ground in urban and rural districts, however, there is a more complicated story to be told.
