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Idaho’s graduation rate rose to 82.1 percent in 2020 amid a worldwide pandemic that closed most high schools during the final two months of the school year. The State Board of Education issued a historic directive in April of 2020 to close schools through the end of the academic year in an attempt to protect […]
By Dian Schaffhauser
01/12/21
2020 packed a wallop unlike any other period in living memory. The
pain is still with us and will continue to be for a long time. But
the start of this new year brings an opportunity for us to renew our
hope and energy. How will that play out for K-12 education,
especially in the area of technology? We turned to a number of
education leaders to find out what they expect or look forward
to in 2021. Here s what they told us.
Teachers Will
Become Massive Social Media Influencers
Teachers will be
subject-matter experts who other teachers feature in video mixtapes
NEW BEDFORD This week, New Bedford Public Schools announced a shift to fully remote learning from Dec. 21 to Jan. 8 in a letter that was emailed to parents.
The letter, signed by Superintendent Thomas Anderson, states that over the last few weeks, staff and student absences have increased for a variety of reasons, including waiting for COVID test results and/or quarantining because of being in close contact of someone who tested positive.
“This is impacting our ability to effectively deliver instruction and engage in the teaching and learning process,” according to Anderson.
Moving to fully remote learning is meant to assist in that, Anderson said.
to partner with our school district and to ensure that we are turning that around. by bringing together our institutions of higher education, the business community, health care, so that we and we are addressing this. tucker: you think bringing in more students who don t have english as a first language helps or hurts that? when you look at what we re doing with our new language learners, we are having interventions that are helping them to succeed in the school. tucker: you conceded it s a problem. you are trying to make the problem better. but it is a problem when you import people who don t speak english as a first language. why would you add that bird into schools where 0% of eighth graders are proficient in math? 0%? first of all, that number is misleading because of how the testing is done. tucker: that s your number. if you pass to the region exam, you didn t have to take the test you are talking about. in any event, when you look at the challenges that exist in an