Screen time use sparks discussion over how much is too much. Though sedentary behavior raises cause for concern, especially during pandemic, experts agree that setting too many boundaries for students can have negative outcomes.
Actress Julie Andrews and her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, have launched a new weekly children’s book podcast, Julie’s Library, to help keep kids entertained while staying home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Districts have come a long way in providing comprehensive remote learning plans. But if their attention soon turns to commencement, summer learning and fall planning, it is unclear how much more progress will be made this school year
Long summer breaks became the norm more than a century ago. Today, our graduates must compete with workers in knowledge industries all over the world. If there were ever a good time to try out a year-round schedule, it would be now
Will more families embrace school choice after the coronavirus pandemic?
Online? In-person? How fall 2020 is taking shape for schools. Classes could be split to attend on alternate days to maintain social distancing
Improving a child's sense of numbers, and their understanding of probability, fractions, ratios, shapes and patterns, can all be incorporated into daily life or with simple games.
For many children, the pandemic means staying at home, not seeing friends or going to the playground. It's difficult to regulate emotions with so much going on. But there are ways parents can help.
In the aftermath of this crisis, schools will have an opportunity to provide students with far better academic experiences than before. It starts with a commitment to accelerating learning instead of ratcheting it ever downward
The rules governing ed policy now are unfamiliar. The new normal is something else: the current normal. Epidemiology wins; our choices should emphasize the good, if not the perfect, of continued learning against uncertainty, which isn’t going away anytime soon