| TOP STORIES COVID-19, Student Assessments and Remote Learning
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt schools, doing so by making it far more difficult for teachers and other educators to effectively assess students’ academic progress in traditional ways. READ MORE Survey: Parents More Eager than Staff for Students Return
Nearly two-thirds of parents of Las Cruces Public Schools children want youth in a hybrid learning model when the district is eligible to do so. However, only half of employees want the same. READ MORE Coalition Works to Help Pittsburgh Restart In-Person Classes
The Pittsburgh Learning Collaborative, a coalition of more than 70 groups and individuals, seeks transparency in plans for a return to in-person instruction so the community can help it work toward specific goals. READ MORE New Hampshire Schools Confront Student Broadband Issues
In a survey conducted this summer by the N.H. Department of Education, 32 percent of parents in Keene, H.H., and several other municipalities, said technical issues disrupt their child's remote instruction at times. READ MORE NYC Plans to Expand Digital Approach to School Post Pandemic
Citing an achievement gap for some New York students amid school shutdowns, job loss and fatalities due to COVID-19, city officials have outlined a plan to build upon the technology already used in remote learning. READ MORE Florida High School Students’ Life-Saving App Wins Award
Four Manatee County high school students who designed a new tool to calculate dosage for medicines have won the 16th Congressional District App Challenge, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan announced on Monday. READ MORE | 