Coronavirus: scientists caution against reopening schools
Due to the Coronavirus scientists caution against reopening schools. Study finds children may be as infectious as adults – but Unicef warns closures put vulnerable students at risk
Screen time use sparks discussion over how much is too much
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.
Julie Andrews Launches Children’s Book Podcast To Keep Kids Entertained
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.
As They Already Do in Florida, More Families Are Going to Embrace School Choice, Personalized Instruction Post-Pandemic
Will more families embrace school choice after the coronavirus pandemic?
Online? In-person? How fall 2020 is taking shape for schools
Online? In-person? How fall 2020 is taking shape for schools. Classes could be split to attend on alternate days to maintain social distancing
Homeschooling math lessons: Think dice games, cooking fractions and ratios with chocolate milk
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.
How to help young children regulate their emotions and behaviours during the pandemic
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.
Steiner & Weisberg: When Students Go Back to School, Too Many Will Start the Year Behind. Here’s How to Catch Them Up — in Real Time
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
Bradford: Some Truths About Education in the Current Normal — There Will Be No Orderly Return to School in the Fall. Kids Will Continue to Learn Online. Epidemiology Wins
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
Daily smartphone use boosts infant pupils’ memory
OECD study finds that using a computer, tablet or smartphone at least once a month is linked with better literacy scores for kids