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Virtual learning detrimental to school attendance, especially in districts with higher poverty rates, study finds

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of chronic absenteeism have nearly doubled across the nation for students in kindergarten through grade 12. This increase was tied to the mode of instruction during ...

Unicoi County Schools turns to virtual learning days

Unicoi Middle School math teacher Greg Van Tassell’s voice echoes in his empty classroom as he talks about types of angles.
Education Week

‘Band-Aid Virtual Learning’: How Some Schools Respond When ICE Comes to Town

A computer sits open Jan. 22, 2026, in Minneapolis for students learning virtually because they are too fearful to come to school. Districts nationwide weigh emergency virtual learning as immigration ...

Schuylkill school districts relying on virtual days during winter weather closures

On days when snow and ice make roads too treacherous for buses to safely transport students, Schuylkill County school ...
Education Week

In: Cocoa. Out: Chromebooks. E-Learning Didn’t Kill Old-Fashioned Snow Days, Educators Say

Reports of the snow day’s death are greatly exaggerated. After 2020’s rapid, rocky shift to remote learning, some parents and educators predicted the traditions of a snow day—exciting, impromptu sled ...
abc13

HISD struggling to keep track of attendance during virtual learning

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As thousands of kids were struggling through online glitches to access Houston ISD's virtual learning platforms on Tuesday and Wednesday, HISD Interim Superintendent Grenita ...
WFXR on MSN

Many local school districts adjust to virtual learning post snowstorm

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — A lengthy cleanup process following heavy snowfall and ice last weekend continues, as freezing ...

Snow-related closures drive Baltimore-area students back to virtual learning

Public schools in Baltimore City and Baltimore County went virtual for a couple of days this week as both systems ran out of ...
The Indianapolis Star

Virtual learning is here to stay. Some Indiana students – and schools – see benefits

Middle school was a tough transition for Ian Gore. His mother, Elizabeth Gore, could see the spark learning brought him being extinguished, even though he has always been a high-achieving student. She ...
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

NYC schools test virtual learning platform, but student attendance sparse

CITYWIDE — VOLUNTARY ATTENDANCE AT an online drill to test whether the NYC Education Department’s virtual learning platform can handle thousands of kids simultaneously logging in seemed sparse, ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

More Students Want Virtual-Learning Options. Here’s Where the Debate Stands.

Concentrating in large lecture halls has always been a challenge for Harper Chambers, a rising senior studying neuroscience at Princeton University. That’s because Chambers has autism, which he said ...

As Minneapolis grapples with ICE, schools try to balance learning with student safety

Schools in Minneapolis have set up remote learning and increased their transportation options, facing falling attendance and ongoing protests as the community grapples with the fallout from the death ...