distance learning

By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS - AP Education Writer SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — When in-person school resumed after pandemic closures, Rousmery Negrón and her 11-year-old son both noticed a change:…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH - Associated Press COLUMBUS, Kan. (AP) — Students spread out in their rural Kansas classroom, answering questions with a partner about invaders atop elephants…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Richard Evans makes his way through rows of his students in his third grade classroom, stooping to pick up an errant pencil and…

By BROOKE SCHULTZ - Associated Press/Report for America DREXEL HILL, Pa. (AP) — In the hours before he's due at Upper Darby High School, senior Khalid Doulat has time to say prayers, help his mother or…

By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY - AP Education Writer DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Every decision Assata Salim makes for her young son is important. Amid a spike in mass killings, questions of safety were at the top of her…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH - Associated Press Thomas snuggles under the covers with me at bedtime, warm and wiggly.It is our third tour through the “Harry Potter” series, and tonight is like so many…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH - Associated Press Move over “Dick and Jane.” A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise.For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best…

By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS - AP Education Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Michael Crowder stands nervously at the front of his third grade classroom, his mustard-yellow polo shirt buttoned to the top.“Give us some…

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press A Missouri grade school that was shut down last year amid concerns of possible radioactive contamination will not reopen, the school district said Thursday.Jana…

David Daniel knows his son needs help.The 8-year-old spent first grade in remote learning and several weeks of second grade in quarantine. The best way to catch him up, research suggests, is to tutor him several times a…