ENTHUSIAM for online learning waned fast for Kendra Lee’s older son, who is now in fourth grade, and her younger one (pictured here), who is now in kindergarten. (Photo: Courtesy Kendra Lee) Next month’s gradual return for most elementary-age students in and around the City of Falls Church will serve […]
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LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– Some students learning online at Lansing Catholic High School are concerned about coming back in person to class after the school has asked students to come back in person if they can. Lansing Catholic students anonymously wrote a letter expressing that the school is not being transparent, […]
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Most nights, people fight and scream outside the small room where Elizabeth Maldonado and her four children sleep—or try to, at least—at a homeless shelter in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. Maldonado’s 15-year-old daughter, in particular, fears that if […]
CLOSE Fourteen-year-old Isaiah Oertel was 700 miles from home when, according to the Pickens County Coroner’s Office, he fell to his death at Laurel Forks Falls in northern Pickens County last week. He’d traveled with Gator Wilderness Camp School from Punta Gorda, Florida, to explore the Foothills Trail, according to Pickens County Sheriff’s Office Chief […]
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – Lansing Catholic High School is now requiring students who wish to continue online learning to explain why. Administrators say this is to make sure students aren’t taking advantage of the system. “As long as you have some reason you need to be online, that option will […]
CLOSE A high school junior shares a glimpse of what digital learning is like during the coronavirus pandemic. USA TODAY NEW YORK — In RVs, rental homes and five-star resorts, families untethered by the constraints of physical classrooms for their kids have turned the new school year into an extended […]
One of the places the family stayed, the luxury Montage Deer Valley mountain resort, now offers “Montage Academy” for distance learners, complete with an all-day monitored “study hall” and access to virtual tutors. Other hotels are offering on-site tutors and tickets for “field trips” at area attractions. Explore5 small towns […]
NEW YORK (AP) — In RVs, rental homes and five-star resorts, families untethered by the constraints of physical classrooms for their kids have turned the new school year into an extended summer vacation, some lured by the ailing hotel industry catering to parents with remote learners through “roadschooling” amenities. With […]
NEW YORK (AP) — In RVs, rental homes and five-star resorts, families untethered by the constraints of physical classrooms for their kids have turned the new school year into an extended summer vacation, some lured by the ailing hotel industry catering to parents with remote learners through “roadschooling” amenities. With […]
Coronado Recreation and Golf Services is offering a variety of after school enrichment camps this fall. Your child can learn how to perform slight-of-hand tricks in our new Magic Camp held on Tuesdays at 4:10 p.m. They can develop engineering skills in our LEGO Engineering Camps held on Mondays at […]
Nobody can say for sure when the COVID-19 pandemic will finally be over. The answer depends on the availability of an effective vaccine and other unpredictable factors, according to scientific experts. But some parts of our pre-pandemic life aren’t coming back no matter when the crisis clears. Some might take time to return. […]
Nobody really can say for sure when the COVID-19 pandemic will finally be over. The answer depends on the availability of an effective vaccine and other unpredictable factors, according to scientific experts. But some parts of our pre-pandemic life aren’t coming back no matter when the crisis clears. Some might take time to […]
BEVERLY, MA — Amanda Desmond remembers how trying it could be even in more familiar times. The Beverly High alumna recalls sitting down following a long day of school, attempting to work her way through her nightly assignments, when mom and dad would try to help. “I have (post-traumatic stress) […]
PHOENIX — For Monica Sauer Anthony, adapting to the challenge of a virtual classroom started with a reenvisioning of what it even means to teach at a performing arts school. A choir can’t really rehearse in a virtual classroom much less give a live performance. Neither can an orchestra. There’s too […]
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos Getty Georgia teacher Samantha Mbozi hasn’t even entered a grocery store in the last six months. The 51-year-old just finished chemotherapy a year ago and is taking immunosuppressive drugs for two other illnesses. Her doctor told her strict quarantine could be a […]
Students wearing face masks and face shields are seen inside old ballot boxes repurposed into partitions as they attend class at Sam Khok School in the province of Pathum Thani, Thailand, on July 1. (Photo: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters) Kids around the world are going to school under very different circumstances during […]
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NEW YORK — New York City is delaying the start of its school year until Sept. 16 to give teachers more time to prepare for the return of students amid the coronavirus pandemic. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the deal struck with unions representing teachers, staff and administrators. Instruction was […]
Though Miami-Dade County Public Schools may open brick-and-mortar schools ahead of schedule if COVID-19 cases continue to trend downward, the first day of school on Monday leaves some working parents in a lurch. The school district will remain online for at least a few weeks and, to resemble a sense […]
PARIS (AP) — The U.N. says it’s urgent to get kids back to schools after months-long coronavirus lockdowns, but with the virus still raging in parts of the United States and resurging in countries from South Korea to France, Spain and Britain, medical authorities are urging caution. Governments are taking […]
LAKEWOOD, NJ — While many school districts across New Jersey have planned to start the 2020-21 school year with hybrid or remote learning, the Lakewood School District has been moving full speed ahead on a plan for fully in-person learning, five days a week. That plan, which received approval from […]
A kindergartener gets ready for her first day of school where masks are mandatory. (Photo: Twitter) Going back-to-school looks a lot different this year as schools across the country are opting for online learning, socially distanced classrooms or a combination of the two in response to concerns about the spread […]