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How one California preschool program is helping youngest learners with math

Sydney Johnson

January 19, 2021 |

EdSource |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

Educators at the Lighthouse for Children Child Development Center piloted a 45-minute, weekly, math zoom session for toddlers. Parents attend the zoom lesson, and they are taught by educators. The program can offer some lessons in how to teach toddlers math virtually.

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How a diverse school district is using a strategy usually reserved for ‘gifted' students to boost everyone

Joy Resmovits

January 18, 2021 |

The Seattle Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

In order to mitigate the “pandemic slide,” a term that describes the educational loss that happened during the pandemic, Highline Public Schools implemented a strategy known as “acceleration.” The strategy is often reserved for gifted students and involves moving students along to more advanced lessons. “The strategies that we often reserved for ‘gifted and talented kids’ are great strategies that work for every student.” Data shows the strategy worked.

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How Singapore Has Kept the Coronavirus Off Campus

Sui-Lee Wee

January 09, 2021 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Singapore

Singapore's aggressive pandemic response in conjunction with strict university rules has helped keep campuses free of COVID-19 cases so far. As a country, free testing and medical care has ensured that positive cases can be isolated quickly, while at the university level, the use of technology, zoning rules, and penalties for those who do not comply have worked to safeguard public health.

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California schools build local wireless networks to bridge digital divide

Sydney Johnson Ali Tadayon

January 04, 2021 |

EdSource |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

School districts and cities in California are looking to create their own local Wifi networks as a long-term solution to the digital divide, and an alternative to hotspots. Some are even becoming internet service providers themselves (ISP) — efforts, they say, that will make it easier to provide internet access to those who can’t afford it.

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'The largest classroom in Africa': How text messages mean millions of children can stay connected to education during Covid-19 school closures

Laura Joffre

January 04, 2021 |

Pioneers Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya

In Sub-Saharan Africa, “almost half of schoolchildren, or a total of 121 million pupils, are unable to access remote learning,” according to a 2020 UNICEF report, an even bigger problem during a pandemic when students can’t access virtual classes. Eneza Education is using texts messages to deliver classes. Their bite-size lessons delivered via text and “Ask a Teacher” feature are providing education to millions of subscribers.

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Teachers on TV? Schools Try Creative Strategy to Narrow Digital Divide

Kellen Browning

January 03, 2021 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

“Let’s Learn NYC!” Is the New York City Public School System's answer to teaching students via television. The program is one of many around the country, which began at a FOX station in Houston. Through the program, students are able to watch science, math, and even dance lessons. The program has been scaled and adapted to a variety of large cities like San Francisco, Houston, Chicago, and others.

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Bringing ‘book-learning' to life: Pandemic drives surge to forest schools

Rubeeta Gill

December 21, 2020 |

Healthy Debate |

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Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

Nature helps students learn and grow. Evidence suggests nature helps children with their cognitive levels, stress, and is beneficial to students with learning disorders. In a forest-school students have class outdoors. The concept began in Sweden and Denmark in the 1950s and is making a resurgence in Canada during the pandemic.

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Nashville's ‘Navigator' Tries to Keep Students in Remote Learning From Getting Lost in the System

Linda Jacobson

December 20, 2020 |

The 74 |

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Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

In order to keep track of students and prevent them from dropping out, the Nashville district created “Navigators.” A corps of 5,600 school employees- teachers, lunchroom workers, and bookkeepers, who track students through weekly phone and video calls. The navigators have “completed roughly 220,000 calls to parents and students since school started in August,” each with a caseload of 6 to 12 students. Their conversations have led from everything to helping students complete assignments, to buying groceries, to finding out students are homeless.

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These Buses Bring School to Students

Kathleen Gray

December 17, 2020 |

The New York Times |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Jackson, Michigan

In Jackson, Michigan, 1 in 5 children have access to wifi through school buses. Out of the roughly 5,000 children, 70 percent qualify for free and reduced lunch. The buses guarantee they have reliable access to the internet during a pandemic. The buses park outside apartment complexes, a homeless shelter, and the rec center from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It’s just one way the school district is adapting to student needs during a health pandemic.

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National organization repurposes summer camps, combating ‘summer slide' in reading and math

Catenya McHenry

December 14, 2020 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

As summer programs across the country shut down to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School summer program in Austin tried was forced to quickly pivot to virtual learning. They had to make large technological purchases, hire a help desk staff, reached out to volunteers, and had to figure out how to get students to log on.

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