The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio recently ruled that virtual “room scans” used for test proctoring have the potential to violate students’ constitutional rights to privacy ...

Ayla Kickhofel is a student in Maryland. She is a contributor to EdTech: Focus on K–12, sharing her experience with educational technology. Editor’s Note: In this Virtual Learning Diary, high school ...

The COVID-19 pandemic forced virtual schooling to transform from a niche alternative into a permanent fixture of American K-12 education. Today, approximately six years since the shutdown of in-person ...

One of the important lessons of the pandemic is that virtual learning is here to stay, but it has a lot of room for improvement. And teachers, principals, and district leaders should be thinking hard ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Last weekend’s winter blast put many school districts out of operations this week for snow days. Since icy road conditions remained throughout the week, many schools turned to ...

It’s easy to imagine that many of today’s 2nd graders—future accountants, computer programmers, lawyers—will rarely see the inside of a traditional office. The pandemic is likely to accelerate a trend ...

Students joining breakout rooms, giving online presentations and learning algebra at the kitchen table is reminiscent of 2020. At the time, the idea that remote learning would eliminate snow days was ...

When COVID-19 forced schools to go virtual this past spring, reported declines in learning performance were not surprising. A recent study showed math and English/language arts outcomes suffer most ...

Virtual school enrollment in Wisconsin remains high, up 55% from pre-pandemic levels. Students choose online learning for flexibility to accommodate unique circumstances like competitive sports or ...

Though the omicron-driven COVID surge has caused record-breaking numbers of cases, South Texas educators are weary to returning to remote education because of low student interaction, weak ...