Fast Forward: Will COVID-19 trigger shift from standardized assessments?
Before the coronavirus pandemic, a growing number of educators were questioning the merits of standardized assessments. When spring shutdowns upended the education system, the assessments and the stakes often tied to students’ performance on them, like teacher...
Why UNC’s plan to reopen its flagship campus unraveled so fast
They all saw it coming. Or so read the editorial from the student journalists at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who delivered a scathing condemnation of administrators’ refusal to heed instructors’ and health officials’ warnings that...
Fast Forward: Is it time for project-based curriculum to replace traditional model?
When schools shuttered nationwide in the spring, districts were hard pressed to turn much of the education system on its head. Included was the need to reimagine curriculum and instruction into a virtual setting seemingly overnight. During the months of remote...