Students joining breakout rooms, giving online presentations and learning algebra at the kitchen table is reminiscent of 2020. At the time, the idea that remote learning would eliminate snow days was ...

(TNS) — In 2021, some Massachusetts students had virtual learning from home instead of traditional snow days. But that’s no longer allowed. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) ...

In the spring of 2020, many schools were forced to make a rapid switch to remote learning as districts around the country shut down in-person classrooms. Most districts had to make this switch in one ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of chronic absenteeism have nearly doubled across the nation for students in kindergarten through grade 12. This increase was tied to the mode of instruction during ...

PARMA, Ohio -- Parma City Schools recently announced plans to end its Parma Virtual Learning Academy (PVLA). “The virtual learning academy was a pandemic-related pivot,” Superintendent Scott Hunt said ...

It became a routine as familiar as going to lunch or picking up a child after school. Each day started with students logging online and listening as a teacher taught through a screen instead of at the ...

Public school students in New Jersey could soon lose out on traditional snow days, as the state Senate passed a bill last week to replace inclement weather-based closures with virtual learning. If the ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Last weekend’s winter blast put many school districts out of operations this week for snow days. Since icy road conditions remained throughout the week, many schools turned to ...

The pandemic’s sweeping shutdown of school buildings led many districts to hastily put up emergency virtual learning services to continue providing lessons to students. For many teachers, students, ...

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 ...

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 ...