Video-conferencing app Zoom, which is being relied on by many school districts across the country for online classes, is suffering a massive outage right as many children attempt to begin their first day of classes.
The nation’s largest teachers’ union says many of its members are preparing for a return to school with “living wills and life insurance.”
Joe Biden told members of the National Education Association’s (NEA) representative assembly that the longer schools remain closed due to the coronavirus, the more low-income “students of color” will suffer learning losses.
Two Wall Street Journal reporters write that the national experiment in remote learning, courtesy of the coronavirus pandemic, has failed.
The president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) said she does not agree with President Donald Trump’s view that schools should reopen as soon as possible.
A pediatrican wrote in JAMA Pediatrics that the decision to keep school closed during the coronavirus pandemic should not be taken lightly.
Lauren MacLean, the chair of the political science department at Indiana University, Bloomington, argued in an op-ed published on Sunday that students will face personal and professional consequences if campuses do not reopen for the fall semester.
Leaders of universities and colleges in Rhode Island argued this week that the Chinese virus pandemic affirms the importance of the campus experience. Many leaders said that they are eager to reopen their campuses for students and faculty for the upcoming fall semester.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) announced Tuesday K-12 public schools will remain closed for the duration of the academic year due to the coronavirus crisis.
According to a new poll, a majority of American college students believe that the quality of their education has dropped during the ongoing Chinese virus pandemic. Students around the nation were forced to adopt virtual learning technology in March as part of efforts to mitigate the spread of the virus.
A recent poll reveals that 77 percent of college students find online courses to be “worse” or “much worse” than in-person classes.
Maryland’s superintendent of schools said she is “not sure” school will look the same for students “going forward” after the coronavirus pandemic subsides.
Teachers’ unions and other stakeholders in government-run K-12 schools are seeking billions of dollars in funding in coronavirus relief.
