Computers in School

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — After a knock on his door, third-grade student Jamie-Lee emerged to see his school principal smiling at him from his doorstep. She held out her arms, offering a socially distant “air hug,” and told the boy how much she’d missed him since the pandemic closed their…

When Daria Smith moved to South Seattle, she wasn’t planning to get the internet any time soon. It’s expensive, and she had other, more pressing bills to pay.But her priorities shifted after the Auburn School District sent her son and daughter, ages 14 and 13, home in the middle of…

Schools will reopen in a three-phase plan similar to the state’s reopening plan, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday during his afternoon COVID-19 briefing.“To be clear, all Virginia schools will open for students next year, but the school experience will look very different,” Northam said of the 2020-21 school year beginning…

Schools will reopen in a three-phase plan similar to the state’s reopening plan, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday during his afternoon COVID-19 briefing.“To be clear, all Virginia schools will open for students next year, but the school experience will look very different,” Northam said of the 2020-21 school year beginning…

The government plans to supply more personal computers to Japanese schools overseas so students can continue to study remotely at home while avoiding the coronavirus.The education ministry intends to ensure each pupil at Japanese elementary and high schools abroad has access to a computer, widening the scope of the existing…

First came the tears, then sadness, followed by the rage.Days after I watched the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in Minnesota, my editor Jeff McCracken convinced me to write from the heart. But to do that, I needed more perspective on how to advance such a painful…

At a small farmhouse not far from Colombia’s capital, Bogota, Marlene Beltran sits at a small table and turns on the radio to help her little brother with school work. The five-year-old is learning how to draw on paper cubes to tell a story. There is no internet at the…

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With COVID-19 shutting schools and colleges, students rely on their computer or tablet screens to continue learning.  Many also have to resort to digital copies of notes since books arent easily ava… Read More