As the pandemic shuttered schools last year, a group of education leaders launched a virtual learning pilot that reached over 11,000 kids last summer. Early grades, from both teachers and students, were positive
Numerous obstacles make extending the school year a tough proposition, but the Biden administration wants to put billions behind it as a way of offsetting pandemic-era learning losses.
Should American school children go to summer school to prevent further COVID-19 learning loss?
Across the country, forward-looking districts used summer school to anticipate—and try to solve—some of the issues they’d inevitably face when schools reopened.
2020 may go down as a lost year. Educators and policymakers need to push back against that notion. By thinking creatively, partnering strategically and holding ourselves accountable we can do right by our students despite overwhelming obstacles
Where did the tradition of a summer break from school come from and should schools be year round?
A new study has found that more than half of students experienced learning loss every summer between grades 1 and 6. And these students lost an average of 39% of the learning they gained during the school year. Will COVID-19 make it even worse?
In the era of social distancing, many school districts adopted alternative methods to best accommodate learning for students during the summer.
As the coronavirus has shuttered K-12 schools nationwide, dual enrollment in summer classes has skyrocketed, and early signs point to a similar trend for the fall
How parents can continue to encourage children into STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and math) subjects during the lockdown and beyond