In the age of COVID-19, we need to develop survival skills, both personally and professionally. Luckily, as teachers, we have honed flexibility and adaptability, and as artists, we create and innovate ...
instructor in a graduate program on how to teach at a distance. The classes are held both face to face and -- not surprisingly -- at a distance. She says that trying to judge the quality of a distance ...
Lecture theaters are emptying as universities switch to online learning to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus, but this option is not open to many schools. Universities are switching to online ...
When you’ve been at something for 50 years, whether it’s operating a turret lathe or teaching political science, you probably think that you’ve mastered the trade. But like the lathe operator having ...
The pandemic has given us a chance to reimagine education. Yet politicians and school administrators are charging full speed ahead to re-open schools exactly as they were. For many, that may work just ...
If there’s one thing everyone can agree on from this past spring, it’s that distance learning is challenging. Undoubtedly, much of this was due to the fact that teachers had limited time to move their ...
In negotiations with school districts around the state, the California Teachers Association has argued, with some success, that school districts lack the authority to force teachers to do live online ...
January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Many California school districts offered a wide variety of training over the summer to ...
Two University of Georgia professors say this is not business as usual and it’s unethical to act as if it could be Stephanie Jones and Hilary Hughes are University of Georgia professors in the ...
About 12 desks and chairs were spread out six feet apart around the classroom, but they were empty. Along one wall, 20 more desks and chairs were stacked up and out of the way. There was a huge ...
Rabbi Bomzer’s students proudly show their Gemaras as they made a siyum together over Zoom in the spring. The yeshiva academic year, commencing in September of 2019, got off to a fantastic start.
Most Americans expect schools to reopen in the fall, but a stunning number of teachers and students may not be there. In an exclusive USA TODAY/Ipsos poll, 1 in 5 teachers say they are unlikely to go ...