Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.
While COVID-19 vaccines are now widely available, the Delta variant of the virus is raging across the country and forcing schools to navigate continued risk. Because of this, the virtual learning ...
Though virtual classrooms are nothing new, schools across the country are turning more to these digital alternatives to fill gaps created by the increasing teacher shortage. In Texas, some small ...
Wylie Wong is a freelance journalist who specializes in business, technology and sports. He is a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. When COVID-19 cases erupted across the ...
During the months that Rosalind Crawford’s sons were out of school, on virtual learning for disciplinary reasons, she tried her best to keep them on track academically, but says they still fell behind ...
The rise of virtual learning has undoubtedly transformed the educational landscape, allowing students and educators to continue engaging in meaningful learning experiences despite physical barriers.
The debate over online versus in-person classroom learning in K-12 education rages on, driven by concerns over student engagement, academic performance, and social-emotional development. Advocates of ...
Today, as districts get back to in-person classes after a pandemic that saw online learning thrust upon teachers and students, K–12 schools are again taking up the virtual mantle, establishing ...
With the majority of students in the Lafayette Parish School System taking at least some classes virtually this year, the school board adopted a virtual discipline policy. The goal of the new policy, ...
Many students struggle to understand complex STEM concepts because lectures and textbooks often make science difficult to ...
The shortcomings of remote schooling have been talked about for nearly two years now. But rarely does the public get to see just how disastrous learning behind a laptop could be during the pandemic.
A classroom fire on November 20 caused smoke damage to much of the school complex in Luzerne County.