Mar 31 Watch 11:07 How learning changes when school happens at home and online By Lorna Baldwin, Leah Nagy More than 55 million American students are staying home amid the coronavirus pandemic. The impacts are huge — affecting students, parents and teachers. Learning is happening with a host of new challenges. Kate Gardoqui of the Great Schools Partnership joins… Continue watching
Mar 31 Can hands-on career education go online during school shutdowns? By Steven Yoder, Hechinger Report How do you teach welding virtually? As the coronavirus spreads, colleges are trying to figure out that and more on the fly. Continue reading
Mar 27 Forced off campus by coronavirus, students aren’t won over by online education By Matt Krupnick, The Hechinger Report Online education experts say there’s a big difference between classes that were designed to be digital from the beginning and what’s happening now, which they describe as a product more of panic than planning. Continue reading
Mar 24 The switch to remote learning could leave students with disabilities behind By Sophie Quinton, Stateline Remote learning may violate disability protections. Continue reading
Mar 12 Most schools are completely unprepared for coronavirus and virtual learning By Tara Garcia Mathewson, The Hechinger Report Unequal internet access is just the tip of the iceberg of a massive equity crisis facing U.S. schools should coronavirus force education online. Continue reading
Nov 01 Are new accreditation rules for online education streamlined or ripe for abuse? By Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed The Trump administration calls its final rules on accreditation and state approval of online providers a rightsizing of bureaucracy that protects students. Consumer advocates and Democrats see an unraveling of federal oversight. Continue reading
Nov 03 Online preschool: Does it work? By Jackie Mader, The Hechinger Report A small but growing number of nonprofits and for-profit companies are saying they can deliver at least some of the experiences and benefits of high-quality preschool via the internet, and thousands of parents are signing up. But as online early… Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch 6:11 How ‘personalized learning’ can put college in reach for nontraditional students By PBS News Hour A program in Arizona supports nontraditional students who want to pursue degrees at their own speed. Much like a Netflix subscription, the new program lets students pay a flat fee for a personalized curriculum that works within their schedules. Hari… Continue watching
Sep 19 Twitter chat: Is online learning the future of college and grad school? By Vic Pasquantonio If you are considering an online bachelors or master's degree, have an experience you would like to share or want to find out more about the benefits and drawbacks of distance learning, we want to hear from you! Join in… Continue reading
Sep 05 Watch 6:48 How online graduate programs offer degrees at significant savings By PBS News Hour As technology evolves and more online graduate programs become available at a much lower cost, should we reconsider traditional higher education in a classroom setting? Hari Sreenivasan reports on how some students earning master’s degrees at Georgia Tech are paying… Continue watching