Why is guaranteeing the Internet in every home not a priority? School is back and with it is distance learning (everyone’s favorite educational term of 2020). While some schools have resumed in person sessions, many are utilizing a blended or a completely remote model. That is to say nothing of higher education and their massive […]
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Summer Schooling and the Critical Role of Parents
Even though the school year is over, this summer it is crucial that parents continue instruction to lessen the COVID-slide. As families around the country rejoice that school and distance learning are finally over and summer is here, it is important to understand that this summer is not like your typical summer. No, I am […]
3 Key Takeaways from Distance Learning in the Hopes of Improving It
It is important to reflect on the experience of Distance Learning so that we can improve it moving forward. As the school year winds down across the country, it is time (especially this year) to celebrate all of the accomplishments of the year and then to take a deep breath and reflect. It is no […]
The False Focus on the Future of Education
Are those in charge looking too far ahead? I love alliteration as much as I love considering what is coming next, but something about the current state of educational futurism has me feeling uneasy. Currently in New York State there is a committee assembled to “Reimagine Education” called the Reimagine Education Advisory Council (aptly named […]
Engagement and Distance Learning
Changing our tactics in the digital classroom. You’ve spent years working on your ability to engage your students in the classroom and have hit the point in your career that you can change tactics on a fly; then the classroom part went away. Distance learning is now the norm across much of the country and […]
Parenting Through Distance Learning
The crucial role parents play in distance learning and beyond. You didn’t sign up for this, but here it is; parenting and teaching. The shift to distance learning during the coronavirus lockdowns (while an impressive feat) has put a huge amount of pressure on parents, and where distance learning has not been implemented properly, all […]
Covid-19, Distance Learning, and Education
At the beginning of the New Year, the United States was hit with a pandemic the likes of which we have not seen in generations. Now well into spring, the new norm around much of the country is spending time indoors hoping to avoid getting infected with this coronavirus (Covid-19). The new normal is anything […]