While schools and districts are trying to sort out when and how they will be able to open, a different model for schooling is emerging that just might be a right answer for many families. Though microschooling is not a new concept, it is one that many parents might not be familiar with. Microschoo...
With scary uncertainties abounding across the landscape of American schooling, there can be no understating the importance of trust as a foundational value in education. The certainties offer little more comfort themselves. Among them: the work of education before us will be challenging for all invo...
As Nevada transitioned into distance learning, many of our state’s teachers worked tirelessly during the last months of school, ensuring that they were in contact with their students. There were phone calls to parents that frequently took place outside of normal school hours, going over lessons, e...
With most Nevada students missing out on learning significant amounts of their grade-level content this school year, how can standardized testing hold the most useful value next year, and beyond? And if some real amount of rolling school closures are likely next school year and beyond, as many e...
Two of the nation’s most successful charter networks, Summit Public Schools and Success Academy, have taken the school closures due to COVID-19 and turned it into an opportunity to support students, teachers, and families, with both strategies that already existed in the school, and new approaches...