On March 4, 2020, a week before the World Health Organization formally declared the coronavirus a global pandemic, Northshore School District, in Washington State, closed its doors, becoming the first ...

Starting in the spring of 2020, school boards and superintendents across the country faced a dreadful choice: Keep classrooms open and risk more COVID-19 deaths, or close schools and sacrifice ...

This month’s episode explores how remote and digital learning has evolved beyond emergency pandemic measures into strategic, purpose-driven educational approaches. DLAC’s John Watson distinguishes ...

“Being back on campus is really, really good in some ways, but in some ways, it’s harder.” That statement, from one of my former students, stuck with me. It was the first day of fall classes in 2020, ...

Online learning isn't exactly new—its origins go all the way back to the 1960s. Still, the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated its use as students all over the world were forced to transition to remote ...

Almost five years after the COVID pandemic introduced K-12 schools and families to “remote learning,” Clark and Champaign County schools say when snow days come around, taking the day off is a better ...

For most of the week, school districts faced a decision: To move school online or to cancel altogether with snow in the forecast and ice on the roads. Administrators consider the few days built in to ...

Remote learning became the primary mode of instruction for most K-12 schools during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, when many students and staff weren’t able to meet in person. But more than ...

The Savannah-Chatham County school board unanimously approved the 2025-26 academic calendar. The calendar includes a start date of August 4, three remote learning days, and a weeklong Thanksgiving ...

At the time of writing, George Veletsianos receives funding from the Canada Research Chairs program, SSHRC, and BCCAT. He is a member of the board of directors for the Canadian Digital Learning ...