Education Technology

Members of a Primary school band are seen on a screen during an online lesson via Zoom in Canberra, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVINGNo Use Australia. No Use New Zealand.

For schools to reopen, Congress must include broadband funding in the stimulus bill

Nicol Turner Lee

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

9 year old student Jordan in his bedroom in front of his laptops during distance virtual school learning amid Coronavirus Pandemic in Broward County, Florida Public Schools. Florida began their experience with online virtual distance learning, amid the growing coronavirus pandemic on March 31, 2020 in Miramar, Florida. (Photo by JL/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Unequally disconnected: Access to online learning in the US

Victoria Collis and Emiliana Vegas

Monday, June 22, 2020

Students listen to a greeting from a principal through TV class at an elementary school, where students found positve for a new coronavirus test, in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture on June 18, 2020. The elmenatary school decided to operate the staggered attendance to prevent the spread of Covid-19 infection. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

Investing in public education worldwide is now more important than ever

Friday, June 19, 2020

May 12, 2020, Topeka, KS, USA; Using his laptop, Trip Carter, a sophomore at Topeka High, works on school work virtually at his home Mandatory Credit: Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal via USA Today Network

Online college classes are here to stay. What does that mean for higher education?

John Villasenor

Monday, June 1, 2020

Children watch a movie on a computer at a shelter in the town of Comala, in the Mexican state of Colima, October 24, 2015. Hurricane Patricia caused less damage than feared on Mexico's Pacific coast on Saturday, but hammered an isolated part of the shoreline dotted with luxury villas and fishing villages, where the storm and its 165 mph (266 kph) winds landed. Thousands of residents and tourists fled the advance of the storm, one of the strongest in recorded history, seeking refuge in hastily arranged shelters. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo

Mexico’s COVID-19 distance education program compels a re-think of the country’s future of education

María Cristina Osorio Vázquez

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Due to the coronavirus epidemic, families like the Dykes and Dettwillers have been removed from their familiar classroom settings to a new home environment where education throughout Ohio has taken on a more individualized culture setting.Detwiller L0a7611

Top 10 risks and opportunities for education in the face of COVID-19

Rebecca Winthrop

Friday, April 10, 2020

March 25, 2020, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: Empty Harvard Yard in Cambridge, MA. Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow annouced that he and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday on March 24. Harvard University closed its campus earlier in March. No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

What can COVID-19 teach us about strengthening education systems?

Thursday, April 9, 2020

High school student, Mona Hussein participates in an online class at her home, after coronavirus lockdown forced schools to close, amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Amman, Jordan March 23, 2020. Picture taken March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

COVID-19 has thrust universities into online learning⁠—how should they adapt?

Monday, March 30, 2020

Chromebook laptops are lined up for students in West Bloomfield School District to pick up to do their work from home at Roosevelt Elementary School in Keego Harbor as the school remains closed due to COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, June 16, 2020.031620 Meal Program Rg 09

What the coronavirus reveals about the digital divide between schools and communities

Nicol Turner Lee

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

A teacher conducts a remote class through a tablet computer at a junior high school attached to Wakayama University Education Faculty in Wakayama Prefecture on March 3rd, 2020, amid an outbreak of the new coronavirus COVID-19 in Japan. The Japanese government requested all elementary, junior high, high schools in the country to close from Monday until the start regular spring break as a part of measures to reduce the risk of infection. However, some schools held several its events. The number of the new coronavirus COVID-19-hit patients has reached to 980 and the death toll has been confirmed 12 far as of March 1st in Japan. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

COVID-19 outbreak highlights critical gaps in school emergency preparedness

Allison Anderson

Wednesday, March 11, 2020