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Billings: schools should better use assessments, adopt asynchronous learning for student progress
Leveraging under-used assessments and embracing "asynchronous learning" can help students perform better in changing learning environments, a science and technology innovator said in an Education Daily Wire op-ed piece published late last year.
Federal stimulus money to flow into Texas school districts this summer
More than $1.2 billion in federal stimulus funds will start flowing into Texas school districts this summer to keep schools fully funding following the COVID-19 pandemic closures, the Texas Education Commission said last week.
East Texas teachers, students adapting to online learning
A Laneville teacher and her students are finding ups and downs to adapting to an online school year because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, an East Texas news station reported earlier this week.
Houston-area school administrators considering plans for 2020-21 school year
Classes in early August, longer school days and other ideas are being tossed around by area educators grappling with how to make up for the loss of a large chunk of the 2019-20 school year, a Houston-based newspaper recently reported.