Study: Only 8 states had distance learning plan at start of pandemic
Dive Brief: Despite school closures in 2009 over swine flu, most districts didn’t prepare for a pandemic that would shutter...
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5 takeaways from the Ed Dept’s final distance education rules
The U.S. Department of Education on Monday dropped the final version of its new regulations governing distance learning. It's the...
Teachers at international schools lacked tech skills for distance learning
Some 82 international schools from around the world responded to the survey in June which sought to assess how technology...
California students program robots remotely during distance learning
Dive Brief: In California's Compton Unified School District, summer school instructors Jose Gonzalez and Darleen Perez navigated distance learning hurdles...
Survey: Students relatively positive on distance learning, but obstacles remain
Dive Brief: A new YouthTruth survey of 20,000 students in grades 5-12 across 166 schools in nine states finds that while...
Sweden to lift distance learning recommendations at HEIs
The government agency tasked with spreading information about Sweden outside the country – the Swedish Institute – has welcomed the...
Droplets app adjusts to help distance learners
Droplets – one of the company’s language learning apps teaching 32 languages which launched earlier this year – has adjusted...
Teacher survey: Meeting students’ needs, lack of PD among distance ed challenges
Dive Brief: Educators for Excellence’s recently released Voices from the (Virtual) Classroom survey indicates distance learning creates many obstacles for...
Districts seek distance ed ELL improvement ahead of fall
Dive Brief: Many of the nation’s 5 million English language learners lost English instruction time when schools shifted to remote...
BSBI launches series to explore distance learning
BSBI Dialogues is a series of webinars with the goal of creating a virtual platform where students and experts can...
