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UNICEF’s Makani programme supports national efforts in remote learning amid COVID pandemic By Sarah Abu Zaid - May 04,2021 - Last updated at May 04,2021 UNICEF’s Makani Programme provides remote services for the most vulnerable children in Jordan through the provision of remote learning support services through the Makani Remote Services component (Photo courtesy of UNICEF) AMMAN — UNICEF’s Makani Programme provides remote services for the most vulnerable children in Jordan through the provision of remote learning support services through the Makani Remote Services component. The Maka...

It’ll be a good long while before anyone knows the full extent of the learning loss suffered by 700,000ish New York City public-school kids who’ve been attending class remotely, or the 300,000ish who’ve been learning at least partially in-person, since COVID descended. But educated guesses say hundreds of thousands of students have made minimal gains, stalled or backslid. Repairing the academic damage done is a gargantuan challenge, as is helping youngsters who’ve been missing the social and emotional and physical health benefits of putting on a backpack every day.

Coronavirus Economic Weekly News 18April 2021 News posted last week about economic effects related to the coronavirus 2019-nCoV (aka SARS-CoV-2), which produces COVID-19 disease, has been surveyed and some articles are summarized here. We cover the latest economic data, especially the new coronavirus relief bill and stimulus checks, government funding, the latest employment data, housing market reports, mortgage delinquencies & forbearance, layoffs, lockdowns, and schools, as well as GDP. The bulk of the news is from the U.S., with a few more articles from overseas at the end. (Picture below...

Learning pods are now helping vulnerable students. Will the trend survive the pandemic? Share this story Courtesy of Ascend investigating learning differences, special education and other education challenges in city schools. Like many New York City charter schools, Brooklyn’s Ascend network started off the year fully remote. But just a few months in, it became clear: Remote learning wasn’t working for certain students. Attendance dipped, and teachers struggled to reach students at the network’s K-12 schools. Many of the children come from some of the poorest neighborhoods in Central...