Online Learning

Districts risk losing students to homeschooling and private schools if they cannot offer families a flexible blend of in-person and virtual instruction post-COVID, a new study finds.

1-to-1 programs are more effective when students are allowed to bring devices home so they “are really fluid between school and home,” ed-tech expert says.

Georgia superintendent pleads with parents: "How we control the spread INSIDE the district, depends on how well parents, students, and community members control the spread OUTSIDE the district."

Hopes for a return to normal in-person instruction are being dashed throughout the south as the delta variant forces dozens of districts to shift back online or close altogether. 

In Oklahoma City Schools, COVID cases exploded after just three days of school. Elsewhere, teachers faced a high-stakes vaccine mandate and schools shut down.

It is critical that K-12 leaders do all they can to celebrate the success their teachers and students have had with online and digital tools, FETC featured speaker Ann McMullan says.