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Schools Teach by Text Message as Covid Widens Philippine Digital Divide

Isabelle Lee

October 28, 2020 |

Bloomberg |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Philippines

In the Philippines, more than half of households have limited access to the internet, making remote teaching challenging. Schools, teachers, and the government have found creative ways to reach students. Some teachers are texting students, others drop out printed materials at student homes, and the government even produced radio and TV shows to explain assignments.

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EdNext Podcast: Teaching the Declaration of Independence with a Video Game

Marty West

October 21, 2020 |

Education Next |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

Nationally, civic courses lack rigor, partly because few states require coursework in civics. A new video game called “Portrait of a Tyrant,” based on the Declaration of Independence, could change that. “Let’s gamify a story,” said Danielle S. Allen, director of the Democratic Knowledge Project. In this episode, the creators of the video game share the challenges that exist for creating civics curriculum and the way this game can bridge that game between students and history.

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Old learning concept can help students without resources learn online amid the pandemic

Lori Jane Gliha

October 12, 2020 |

KDVR-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

In Denver, learning pods are helping students access virtual classes during a pandemic. At the Adams 12 school district, 4000 students, district-wide, participate in the pod. Similarly, HOPE Online Learning Academy Co-Op launched a learning center. Students can sit in a classroom, access Wi-Fi, and count on the support of an adult. They also distributed 600 computers, 400 webcams from PCs, and 1,077 laptops to enrolled middle and high school students.

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Wooster's virtual tutoring program offers educational aid to students during pandemic

Grant Pepper

October 08, 2020 |

Knox Pages |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Wooster, Ohio

A collaboration between Ohio's Wooster City Schools and the College of Wooster has allowed for an enhanced educational experience for many students during the coronavirus pandemic. The partnership not only provides tutoring services to the K-12 students but has also "strengthened the bond between the college and its surrounding community."

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For Kids at Home, ‘a Small Intervention Makes a Big Difference'

Tina Rosenberg

October 06, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Engaging parents during the pandemic is crucial for student learning. This story takes a look at methods undertaken by an organization in U.S. and another in Botswana. In the U.S., Springboard, has a five-week summer program that helps parents assist their children with book reading. The group also trained 3,000 new Teach for America members and went from working with 62 schools to 667. In Bostwana, the organization Young 1ove launched the Low-Tech Remote Education program, which gives student math classes through text or calls.

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How can students learn online if they don't know the language? This city tackled the issue

Alia Wong

October 05, 2020 |

The Seattle Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

The city of Tulsa took a variety of steps to make sure English as a Second Language learners didn’t fall behind in their virtual classes during the COVID-19 pandemic. First, school officials made sure students had their basic needs by providing them with meals, hotspots, Chromebooks, and classroom supplies. Families were also given access to social workers that check in one of them, had support from teachers, and could network with other ESL parents through the English Learner Parent Advisory Committee. “Everything they’ve given us has been a miracle.”

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Missing students: Educators knock on doors to find them

Peggy Barmore

October 01, 2020 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Apps that track students’ online activity, door-to-door visits, and receiving input from families on how to reopen schools, are all ways school districts across the country are responding to absenteeism during the pandemic. In one San Antonio district, they were able to locate around 2,900 of the 3,000 students who weren’t showing up to classes.

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Helping Students With Remote Learning — By Also Aiding Their Parents With Wraparound Services: How One Texas Community Center Is Helping Families Facing Impossible Choices

Bekah McNeel

September 28, 2020 |

The 74 |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

In San Antonio, the Guadalupe Community Center is providing a free “day school” for children of working-class families in the city’s poorest zip code. The center serves around 30 K-12 students where they can safely attend virtual classes. The center also provides families with “clothing, food, counseling, and help with utilities.” The center runs 40 other similar programs throughout the city.

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Students lost in the virtual learning shuffle? This school district comes to find them

Karma Dickerson

September 18, 2020 |

KTXL-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

In order to reach students who aren’t attending virtual classes during the pandemic, a school district in Sacramento created a program called “Student Find.” If teachers and school administrators can’t reach students who’ve been absent, then school counselors hit the pavement. They go door-knocking in an attempt to make contact with families. “That’s the thing I would encourage other districts to consider,” Reyes says. “If we could all take part responsibility and make it something that’s manageable and doable in other places.”

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Teen-run project provides virtual activities, tutoring for kids during the pandemic

Jacqulyn Powell

September 18, 2020 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, Texas

Two teens from Los Angeles created a tutoring program to help supplement education during the pandemic, called the “Covid NineTeen Project.” The project is entirely teen run, from the creators to the mentors. More than 250 tutors provide service to more than 800 elementary schools across 11 countries. “If we were able to achieve this as teenagers in our community, this is something that you can set up on the local level in your community, as well."

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