Members of the local teachers’ union met on Oct. 24 and voted that students should remain in remote learning while the school district is in the operational high risk zone for COVID-19, according to the president of the Fairbanks Education Association. The union represents about 900 teachers who work for […]
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Machine learning helps hunt for COVID-19 therapies
Newswise — Michigan State University Foundation Professor Guowei Wei wasn’t preparing machine learning techniques for a global health crisis. Still, when one broke out, he and his team were ready to help. The group already has one machine learning model at work in the pandemic, predicting consequences of mutations to SARS-CoV-2. Now, Wei’s team has deployed another to help drug developers on their most promising leads for attacking one of the virus’ most compelling targets. The researchers shared their research in the peer-reviewed […]
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Opinion | The Art of Holding On, Letting Go and Learning to Golf
I didn’t expect to fall in love during a global pandemic. On Dec. 31, 2019, I turned to my husband as we readied to ring in the new year in our hotel room in Cairo and asked him about the months ahead. “Maybe this year will be the year I […]
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How UMBC is experimenting with virtual learning during the pandemic
Abu, 21, a senior at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, is one of millions of college students forced to experience many, most or all classes online in a fall term that has become a gigantic national experiment in remote higher education. The coronavirus pandemic, which rocked colleges in March, […]
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Rock Island-Milan School District set to begin blended learning option for families
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) – The Rock Island-Milan School District will now allow families to choose between a 100% online or blended learning model as the school begins its second quarter on October 19. Although one Rock Island parent is keeping her kids online for a surprising reason. “We decided […]
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Champions For Learning awards grants for teachers’ projects amid pandemic
CLOSE Vineyards Elementary first-grade students from the classrooms of Joanna Campanile and Janell Matos hold up their teachers’ grants on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. (Photo: Courtesy of Collier County Public Schools) Escape rooms that make learning an adventure, a student store encouraging creativity, and a new way to engage students about civics […]
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Why Some Kids Are Shy In Remote Learning But Not In-Person Classes
There are many reasons why a child who is not usually introverted at school would be shy in a remote learning setting. (Photo: Mayur Kakade via Getty Images) Remote learning often comes with technical difficulties, but it also can bring about challenges with student engagement. By now, most students have […]
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Make Virtual Learning Fun and Easier | Family Living
(Family Features) Learning remotely from home is now the norm for many families across the country. Kids and caregivers alike have settled into a routine, though keeping children engaged can still be challenging. While kids have had to be resilient and adapt to learning away from their school buildings, there […]
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Make Virtual Learning Fun and Easier | State
MISSION, Kan., Oct. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — (Family Features) Learning remotely from home is now the norm for many families across the country. Kids and caregivers alike have settled into a routine, though keeping children engaged can still be challenging. While kids have had to be resilient and adapt to learning […]
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Katie Redd: Teaching and learning to live with COVID-19 | Op-Ed Commentaries
The Kanawha County Board of Education voted 3-2 to send students back to school five days a week, skipping the second week of hybrid classes. Two weeks of hybrid learning was settled on by teaching professionals and community members as a waiting period to assess the spread of the virus […]
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Mom of 8 kids sets up cubicles at home to improve virtual learning: ‘A huge difference’
Reason Foundation’s Director of School Choice Corey Deangelis argues school choice enables a society to fund a student instead of funding an institution. In today’s professional age, you’re never too young to get cozy in a cubicle. A creative mom of eight has reconfigured a room in her home to […]
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A mom of 8 used office cubicles to turn her lounge into a classroom for remote learning
The family purchased and assembled six cubicles in their living room. Heather James Heather James, a mom of eight, recently purchased six cubicles for her home in Tempe, Arizona. Her children are taking online classes this fall, and the family was struggling to find enough space for everyone to have […]
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As More Schools Move to Hybrid or Virtual Learning, Construct Working with Canvas to Improve Online Learning Experiences for Students and Teachers | News
With growing emphasis on virtual learning, online program enablement is more important than ever SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As more schools respond to COVID-19 exposure with hybrid or virtual learning this fall, educational technology providers focus on delivering interactive online learning that engages students. That is why […]
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Work Or Online Learning? Homeless Families Face An Impossible Choice : NPR
Freda and her 9-year-old son visit the Purple People Bridge in Cincinnati. She and her five children have been living in the front room of a friend’s apartment, sleeping on pads of bunched-up comforters. Maddie McGarvey for NPR hide caption toggle caption Maddie McGarvey for NPR Freda and her 9-year-old […]
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Amid coronavirus, NY families face online learning, return to school
At a dining room table in Middletown, 9-year-old Leighann Jansen logs into class alongside three other siblings while balancing a wriggling toddler in her lap. In a modest Utica home, 16-year-old Say Kler Paw — part of a refugee family of 11 — puts her English and tech skills to good use to help […]
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Online learning is a struggle for some students in Special Education programs
Posted: Oct 6, 2020 / 03:54 PM EDT / Updated: Oct 6, 2020 / 05:29 PM EDT CENTRAL SQUARE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Middle and high schoolers in the Central Square School District have been remote learning for about a month now. One parent with a child in the special education […]
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From Family Separation to Remote Learning
Every weekday morning, a 12-year-old refugee named Génnezys logs into her seventh grade online classroom. She sits at a tiny table in a corner of her cluttered living room. Before logging in, she tapes her phone to a chair and dials my number on FaceTime. Once we’re connected, I peer […]
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Announces New Family-Friendly Online Environment to Support Caregivers in At-Home Learning
The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. BOSTON, Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — BOSTON, Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Learning Company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt today introduced Family Room™, a brand new, family-friendly online space that supports diverse teaching environments and makes at-home learning more manageable for […]
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Cumberland parents have own online classes to help their children with remote learning :: WRAL.com
By Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter Fayetteville, N.C. — School leaders in Cumberland County have put together a program to help parents navigate their children’s virtual educational world. The Cumberland Family Academy allows parents to log into a Zoom chat room every Thursday evening, where teachers explain the software students […]
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How To Help Shy And Introverted Kids With Remote Learning
At this point in 2020, parents, students and teachers can confidently say that remote learning is challenging, to put it mildly. One big issue is the experience doing class via video conference and the anxiety it can provoke among kids. “Students might be worried about how they appear on camera […]