In The News: College of Education
What does the future of education look like in Las Vegas? @MariaSilvaFOX5 spoke with a UNLV professor on the lasting and long-term effects.
The year 2020 hasn’t just been one for the history books: It’s made quite an impact on K-12 grade books as well.
At a school board meeting in Phoenix earlier this month, parent after parent got up to speak, letting the tensions of a year of uncertainty spill out inside a musty auditorium at the Queen Creek Unified School District.
Many parents in Clark County say they're fed up with distance learning.
The Clark County School District’s abrupt shift to digital learning in mid-March was especially tough on lower-income and minority students. Reportedly, nearly one-third of all students stopped learning because they didn’t have a device or internet connectivity so they could participate in the remote instruction.
Back-to-school season is usually an upbeat time, but as students begin distance learning this year, some professionals are concerned about the mental aspects of being stuck at home in isolation.
Teachers won newfound respect at the start of the pandemic as parents learned just how difficult it was to teach their kids at home.
As a nurse at two elementary schools, Michelle Lally of Rockford, Illinois, is used to looking after children's health. And she's not squeamish about being around sick students.
As a nurse at two elementary schools, Michelle Lally of Rockford, Illinois, is used to looking after children's health. And she's not squeamish about being around sick students.
Chicago teachers piled into hundreds of cars on the first Monday of August and rolled their way to City Hall.
Chicago teachers piled into hundreds of cars on the first Monday of August and rolled their way to City Hall.
COVID-19 has created an unprecedented challenge for America’s K-12 schools. As policymakers and practitioners struggle to respond, they are weighing significant uncertainty and trade-offs that arise because of education, health, and budgetary concerns. The consensus is that students learned less during the spring’s school building closures, and the learning losses were especially great for students with less access to devices, internet, quiet study areas, home and community resources and those with learning challenges.