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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. LINDSAY, Calif. — Ushering in a new model.

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Student seeks to create the ‘Netflix of online learning’

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“I remember thinking that the school systems must have a great list of recommended online learning,” she said. Everyone’s a different learner,” said Joffe, “and that’s often overlooked in online learning.”. Joffe had to use her own experience with online learning to make her selections for the database.

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Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds

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As online schooling plays an increasingly large role in education, researchers say more work needs to be done to understand and address why some families have a harder time accessing the internet. Levy, the paper’s coauthor, said their research adds another element to existing studies on access gaps.

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Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Coronavirus closures gave many just days.

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After the Arizona State University Preparatory Academy announced on Friday, March 13, that it would shift its 11 schools to online learning because of the coronavirus crisis, teacher Theresa Ordell switched to high gear. Experts say teachers need weeks — if not months — of training to develop and implement an online class.

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How Designing Accessible Curriculum For All Can Help Make Online Learning More Equitable

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As the dust settles from emergency distance learning, schools now have the summer to reckon with what worked and what must change as they grapple with the uncertainty of the next academic year. Some educators who want to make online learning more engaging and accessible are exploring the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework.

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OPINION: Not enough students with dyslexia have access to high-quality reading and writing instruction. AI can help.

The Hechinger Report

This story about AI and dyslexia was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. The post OPINION: Not enough students with dyslexia have access to high-quality reading and writing instruction. appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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K-12 Class Sizes Have Ballooned With Online Learning. It’s Not a Good Thing.

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“So the day before teachers were called back, I got a call from my principal asking me to go online.” Many times those are the ones that are teaching online, but that doesn’t mean that you have the most effective online teachers.” Another point in favor of keeping class sizes as low as possible: student perception.