Standards and Rigor Within Remote Education

Remote education needs to serve today’s need for continuing education for all children AND be a preparation of all children for educational success in the future. Remote education requires instruction to be standards-based and rigorous. Continue reading

Remote Ed is Prime Time For Independent Learning

School is a busy day and place with little allowance for children to work independently and at their own pace. Remote education is prime time for children to work in ways they cannot at school – independent of other children. Continue reading

Teach Less Well In the Time of COVID

If you fear children will not make adequate academic progress in the pandemic, teach less well. Cull the curricula. Teach essential content, skills and dispositions. Teach for mastery. Children will learn. Continue reading

Virtual Learning Is a Misnomer

Virtual learning by definition is not the same learning virtually. The first is almost learning and the second is learning through technology. Words matter. Maybe. Continue reading

Fear-driven Policy in the Time of COVID

Fear is natural. The Time of COVID raises fear levels. Good governance must recognize fears and do what is best. The future will evaluate what we do now. Continue reading