Remote Learning - What Have We Learned?

 Update from Massachusetts:

Beginning May 29th, masks will no longer be needed at recess, students can begin sharing school items in the classrooms, and no masks for outdoor activities. 


Via Twitter today:

No remote education option next year in NJ. "All students will be back in school for full-time, in-person instruction for the 2021-2022 school year. Full-time remote learning option for families will be removed."

I’m not sure that is a good idea for the next school year but, as states make their own choices, we’ll all have a front row seat to see how it works out.

One item to note - even before COVID, districts around the country were absolutely trying more online learning and some of it WAS remote. For example, here’s flipped learning:

Flipped Learning is a framework that enables educators to reach every student. The Flipped approach inverts the traditional classroom model by introducing course concepts before class, allowing educators to use class time to guide each student through active, practical, innovative applications of the course principles.

That “before class” means the student works at home - remotely - thru a lesson to start the learning of concepts which the teacher then fleshes out in class. 

I think both teachers and administrators have learned quite a bit from the pandemic time which is a good thing, given we could have more pandemics or disasters where students cannot be in a school building  

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Anonymous said…
NY also announced no online option, it's not only MA. So has CT, Illinois, and others. CA and governor Newsom is heading in that direction as well. It is because of where the country is clearly heading, and the fact that vulnerable people will have been vaccinated combined with extremely low community rates. Seattle already has 76% with first vaccination & many areas of the city have 80% of even 12 and over with first shot! The mayor stated we are "neck and neck with San Francisco for most vaccinated city". Vaccines will be available for the under 12 Sept-Oct. The disease is also quite different with severe complications or death much more rare in the under 12 set as well. The New York Times had a great article. Masks in schools may no longer be required either by that point, neither may distancing. But SPS is always the outlier...
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