| TOP STORIES Ransomware Attacks Halt Some Online Learning in L.A. County
A different sort of virus — ransomware — has taken down the computer system at the Newhall School District, forcing a shutdown of distance learning for some 6,000 elementary school students, officials said. READ MORE South Carolina School District Helps Expand Telehealth
The Orangeburg County, S.C., School District has developed a mobile application that can link its students and their families with telehealth services, doing so by partnering with local facilities and nonprofit groups. READ MORE Single Working Parents Struggle as Kids Learn Online at Home
The remote learning models adopted by many Michigan school districts this year are creating challenges for parents, particularly if they are single parents with jobs that don’t allow them to work from home. READ MORE Massachusetts Students Create Online Tutoring Service
Two students at Algonquin Regional High School in Northboro, Mass., have created a free online educational assistance tool called Aptitutor, which is essentially an online tutoring service they built at the end of May. READ MORE Maine Teacher’s Literacy App Wins Top Gun LA Pitch-Off
Stressed by too many mandates and not enough time, Michelle DeBlois says she seriously considered leaving teaching until she collaborated with an Auburn teacher to develop an app that eased their literacy workload. READ MORE Worcester, Mass., Schools Seek Exploration of Muni Broadband
After the district scrambled this summer to provide Internet to families to support its remote learning model, a school panel on Thursday voted to ask city leaders to look into bringing municipal broadband to Worcester. READ MORE | 
