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What do you do when you educate children from 13 states and 50 countries and a global pandemic strikes? This is the question the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School in Rabun Gap, Georgia, has been dealing with for more than two months now. Before our current unpleasantness, I had never heard of this school. I really wish […]
Like many schools, Christ Lutheran School in Phoenix was on spring break when it became clear that COVID-19 was going to disrupt the school year. The school serves preschool through eighth grade. On the Friday of their week-long break (Friday the 13th, no less!), the administration met to game plan what changes might need to […]
Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua, New Hampshire, sent its first coronavirus-related communication to parents on February 27, 2020. Yes, you read that right. They were looking at trends and thinking about contingencies weeks before many other schools and school systems. I know they sent this communication because they have created a specific page on […]
Last week, the federal government approved $2 trillion (I’ve never actually typed that out before, it’s a big number—let it sink in) in stimulus dollars to help individuals and organizations through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). Of that, $349 billion is allocated to the Payroll Protection Program, which is the […]
The Oaks Academy is a classical-model, purposefully racially and socio-economically diverse, private school in Indianapolis educating more than 900 students across three campuses. It has routinely been ranked as one of the highest performing schools in Indiana on the state’s ISTEP exam. As a classical school that focuses on great books and big ideas, technology […]
Before I spoke to Kevin Kalra of Houston’s Montessori Preschool, I would have thought “digital Montessori” education was an oxymoron like “jumbo shrimp,” “rolling stop,” or “civil war.” After talking with him, I was so impressed by the thoughtful way he and his compatriots are working through a difficult situation and trying to provide a […]
The Partnership Schools operate seven Catholic schools in Harlem and the South Bronx in New York City. They serve more than 2,000 students in two of the poorest Congressional districts in the United States. As schools across the country transition to digital instruction in the wake of COVID-19, many observers argue that schools serving low-income […]
There is an old proverb that says the best time to plant a tree was 30 years ago but the second-best time is today. For Julie Ambler and her staff at The Woodlands Christian Academy in suburban Houston, Texas, investments in technology and its use have paid dividends as they transition to a 100 percent […]
As we navigate the shutdown of ordinary life and the many ways the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting our routines and families, we wanted to provide a handy list of free, online tools to help you continue teaching and learning at home. We’ve found these tools to be useful to us as we are also learning how […]
Every year, as part of our Schooling in America survey, we ask American parents where they would educate their children if money and logistics were no obstacle. In 2019, the results looked like this: The red segment of the top bar shows that around 13% of American parents would like to homeschool their […]