How long-term online learning in pandemic may affect college students’ well-being
Students are still struggling to find spaces in their homes to work, dealing with financial and health crises, and homeschooling their own children or siblings.
School closings leave rural students isolated
Rural school districts around the country have been engineering ways to connect with students who are otherwise disengaged during the pandemic.
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How the pandemic could cause significant ‘learning loss’ for students
Paul Tough is the author of “Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why,” the October selection for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This. The coronavirus pandemic has upended American life. What are its consequences for the education…
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COVID-19 is pushing some schooling outdoors, but will it work for NYC?
For a preschool program along New York's Hudson River, taking kids outdoors, no matter the weather, is built into the school's model. But for an urban district like New York City, schools face a bigger set of challenges as they…
Chicago's mayor has announced that the nation's third-largest school district will not welcome students back to the classroom, after all, and will instead rely only on remote instruction to start the school year.
Most Chicago children would return to the classroom two days a week and spend the other three days learning remotely once the school year begins under a tentative plan outlined by officials from the nation’s third-largest school district…
Many Americans are working from home during the coronavirus pandemic, and it’s unclear when people will or should return to the workplace. The shift toward more remote work could have significant repercussions for employees, companies and the marketplace. Economics correspondent…
Ideas range from getting back to normal to fully remote learning.
Nearly a month after schools shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus, many are struggling with distance learning.
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