Kids miss their friends. They’re stuck at home. They’re sleeping erratically. Not to mention the trauma of COVID-19 and economic collapse around them.
Author: Erin Richards, USA TODAY
Parents guide to online school: 9 questions to help vet your back-to-school choices
Online school doesn’t have to be bad. And parents can make it better. As your school plans virtual instruction, here’s what to ask about quality.
Coronavirus’ online school is hard enough. What if you’re still learning to speak English?
For English learners, school closures mean navigating online programs, finding a way to practice spoken English, and often juggling a much-needed job.
‘Historic academic regression’: Why homeschooling is so hard amid school closures
Some schools have been learning online for a month amid the coronavirus pandemic. Others are just starting now. And some can’t even find all students.
Coronavirus school closings: 24 states, Los Angeles’ LAUSD, New York City shut all K-12 schools
Schools in Ohio and Maryland kicked off closures across the U.S. The nation’s largest district in New York City followed on Sunday.
Math scores stink in America. Other countries teach it differently – and see higher achievement.
U.S. schools teach math differently than other countries, which has led to low scores. These schools steal teaching tricks from around the world.
Despite Common Core and more testing, reading and math scores haven’t budged in a decade
Reading scores stagnated. Math scores jumped compared with the early ’90s, but haven’t gone up in a decade. What’s happening to America’s students?
These are the best U.S. cities to live in on a teacher’s salary — and the worst
Can you guess the 5 most expensive and 5 least expensive cities to live on a single teacher’s salary?
7 out of 10 wealthy kindergarten students with low test scores were affluent by age 25, study finds
Even among kids with high test scores, blacks and Latinos are less likely to get college degrees and prestigious jobs than white and Asian students.
Why Special Olympics gets federal money: It runs school programs & has presidential ties
Betsy DeVos’ proposed, then restored, cut was a small part of Special Olympics’ budget. But the group’s federal support runs deep, dating back to JFK.