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PowerSchool Announces New Analytics Tool to Help Schools Address the Growing Student Learning Gap

By TL Editors

PowerSchool Unified Insights™ Student Learning will allow schools to tap into data and analytics to help understand the learning gap coming from the sudden shift to distance learning

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New Online Learning Study Predicts Widening Achievement Gap

By TL Editors

The achievement gap between low- and high-income students is expected to increase by as much as 18% for students from low-income schools by the end of this school year.

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Waterford.org Announces $9 Million Summer Expansion of Kindergarten Readiness Program

By TL Editors

The summer expansion aims in particular to support the students and families who have been affected by COVID-19 either through personal economic hardship or due to the indefinite closure of many PreK and Head Start options.

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Google Celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week

By TL Editors

Since 1984, Teacher Appreciation Week has celebrated the men and women who offer their skills, caring and passion to educate our nation's next generation.

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ManagedMethods Launches Google Meet & Chat Monitoring and Reporting

By TL Editors

ManagedMethods, a Google G Suite and Microsoft 365 cybersecurity and student safety platform for K-12 school districts, today announced the addition of Google Meet and Chat monitoring and reporting to its platform.

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The WNET Group Announces “Let’s Learn NYC!”

By TL Editors

Programming will offer age-appropriate content that is aligned to standards and lessons for early childhood education and includes foundational reading skills, literacy, math, social studies, and science.

A Step-by-Step Move to a Virtual Campus

By Cindy Davis

How Benedictine University moved to becoming a virtual campus.

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Scholastic Creates Free Digital Summer Reading Community for Kids

By TL Editors

One resource that educators can consider sharing with families is Scholastic's free Summer Read-A-Palooza program.

5 Things Schools Should Still Do When This is All Over

By Carl Hooker

How the changes brought about by remote learning can be implemented long-term

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EDcommunity for School Facilities & Administration Professionals Launched

By TL Editors

The Education Market Association and The Amos Group have developed the online communications platform EDcommunity.

Strategies for Virtual Professional Development

By Matthew X. Joseph

Districts need to create long-term virtual professional development plans to support educators and encourage the effective use of digital tools

How Parents Can Participate in Remote Learning

By Ray Bendici

Advice on how to engage parents in remote learning from Kali Alford and Diane Doersch of Digital Promise

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New STEM App Released; Study Suggests Benefit from Free PBS Kids Resources

By TL Editors

PBS KIDS has released the newest app in The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!

Tech & Learning Remote Learning Series: What They’re Doing in California

By Ray Bendici

Leaders from Los Angeles USD and Cupertino USD shared how remote learning has been implemented

Remote Learning and Digital Equity: Best Practices

By Ray Bendici

T&L discusses best practices to support digital equity in remote learning with Diane Doersch and Kali Alford of Verizon Innovative Learning Schools and Digital Promise.

Robotics Education & Competition Foundation to Host VEX Robotics Virtual Tournament

By TL Editors

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New Virtual Learning Response Fund Enlists Private Sector to Support Learning Continuity During COVID-19 Pandemic

By TL Editors

Discovery Education and the National Afterschool Association have launched the Virtual Learning Response Fund.

Remote Learning and Digital Equity: Challenges and Opportunities

By Ray Bendici

T&L discusses remote learning and digital equity with Diane Doersch and Kali Alford of Digital Promise, who talk about the related challenges and new opportunities.