Educators who have felt their joy for teaching wane as the pandemic has worn on can reclaim their bold passion for their work, Apex Learning Chief Academic Officer Jean Sharp writes. In this blog post, Sharp writes that reexamining shared experiences, reflecting on life-changing moments and recommitting to a common mission can help rekindle this…

One of my biggest fears about the new academic year was that school would no longer be a social place for staff, that some of the joy would disappear from the job. That fear has been realised, writes John Tomsett, York, England.

This report, Learning and teaching reimagined: a new dawn, is the result of a five-month higher education initiative to understand the response to COVID-19 and explore the future of digital learning and teaching. (pdf) -

Substituting online kindergarten for the critical first year of formal education will have consequences for decades. Kids living in poverty will be hurt the most.

A big benefit of lockdown was my own learning. I think I learnt more about my subject in those few months than I had over a number of years.

Tips for planning professional development that supports teachers’ growing skills in using video to enhance students’ learning.

Many teachers are finding their work to be more demanding this year, so looking for ways to simplify some of it is important.

Support students struggling with trauma by creating rich communications environments in classrooms, with a focus on observations, feelings, needs, and requests.

The K-12 model has been overturned since spring, but these principals and superintendents say focusing on people first and finding joy are key to success.

Students can get turned off to reading because of traumatic experiences, like shaming one's reading choices or high-stakes testing. Teacher-librarians offer advice on how to cultivate better reading experiences for kids.

Students to show the work they did to solve math equations, writes math teacher Michelle Russell. In this blog post, Russell shares a grading rubric that she says helps ensure students understand math concepts and are able to communicate that knowledge.

While pandemic shifts to remote learning set the stage for significant change, a variety of factors will determine how far and fast it goes, a new report shows.