Articles
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COVID-19 Diaries: The Teacher Parades
April 10, 2020COVID-19 may have emptied schools around the country, but it can't keep dedicated teachers from laying eyes on their students—from a safe distance, of course.
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COVID-19 Diaries: Give Them All A's
April 8, 2020Dr. Manuel Rustin (CA ’11) sees only one equitable solution when it comes to grading students thrust into distance learning by COVID-19: Give everyone A's.
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COVID-19 Diaries: Dan Adler (MA '17) Tackles the Distance Learning Curve
April 7, 2020When COVID-19 closed Massachusetts schools, UP Academy Leonard science teacher Dan Adler (MA '17) had to jump headfirst into the ocean of distance learning. He knew he had to educate himself before he'd be able to teach his students.
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COVID-19 Diaries: Tech Tools for Distance Learning
April 6, 2020Technology integration specialist Jennifer Reaves (WV ’18) shares the strategies and tools helping her team at Morgantown’s Mylan Park Elementary tackle distance education.
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COVID19 Diaries: Tackling the Distance Learning Curve in Ohio
April 3, 2020When COVID-19 closed Columbus City Schools, transformation coach Dr. Tiffany Tynes Curry (OH ’16) knew there would be a learning curve for teachers new to online instruction. She didn’t realize some district educators didn’t even have Internet access at home.
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COVID-19 Diaries: A Teacher's Tips for Parents
April 2, 2020Like many educators, Becky Streff (NE ’18) is teaching two sets of students from her home right now: her fifth-graders at North Bend Central Elementary School via distance learning, and her own four children. Every parent will want to read her masterful tips for making at-home schooling fun.
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COVID-19 Diaries: A New Kind of Learning
April 1, 2020Amy Braswell (AR '02) wants educators to look for hope and opportunity in the current pandemic: "Dream big and never lose sight of the fact that this too shall pass."
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COVID-19 Diaries: Explaining Coronavirus to Kids
March 31, 2020Videos from around the world explain the COVID-19 pandemic in terms even the youngest children can understand.
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COVID-19 Diaries: Maine Students Remind Everyone to #ProtectNana
March 30, 2020With help from technology teacher Adam Parvanta (ME '19), students created a public service announcement to reinforce the need for social distancing—working virtually, of course.
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COVID-19 Diaries: The Science of Hand Washing
March 27, 2020Join science educator Rick Crosslin (IN '98) for fascinating experiments straight from his home lab.