remote learning

A new study from psychologists at UCLA suggests that while sped-up videos did not improve student learning comprehension, they did not put them far behind, either.

Philanthropy, federal relief funding and other community driven efforts to close the digital divide in a year of remote schooling have helped significantly to bring more children online. But many families remain underconnected.

Boston Public Schools students walked out of classes Friday, demanding a temporary return to remote learning amid the current COVID surge.

A group of Boston Public School students walked out Friday over COVID safety concerns, calling for a temporary return to remote learning. They also want more COVID-19 safety protocols to be in place.

A group of Boston Public School students planned a walkout Friday over COVID safety concerns, calling for a temporary return to remote learning. They also want more COVID-19 safety protocols to be in place.

Scores of Boston Public School students walked out Friday in a call for a temporary return to remote learning and more safety protocols because of COVID safety concerns.

A group of students at Boston Public Schools are planning to walk out of school Friday in a push for the state to return to remote learning as COVID cases spread.

A group of Boston Public School students is planning a walkout Friday over COVID safety concerns, calling for a temporary return to remote learning. They also want more COVID-19 safety protocols to be in place.

Students in Boston plan to walk out of class on Friday to call for a return to remote learning, as a way to protect students and staff amid the COVID surge.

As COVID-19 sick calls continue, schools are struggling to stay open during the surge. While some districts are having to temporarily close due to not enough staff, one Boston high school student is calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to bring back remote learning as an option.

There is a push to have a remote learning option amid a COVID surge that’s leading to staffing issues in schools across New England.

The decision was “prompted by the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases locally and across the country, as well as the growing presence of the highly transmissible Omicron variant,” administrators said Saturday.

Harvard University is going remote for the first three weeks of January, the prestigious school said Saturday. The decision was made in light of the rising COVID-19 cases in the Cambridge area and nationally, administrators said in a statement released to the Harvard community. “Please know that we do not take this step lightly. It is prompted by the rapid…

As schools brace for the rapid rise in omicron cases amid delta’s continued onslaught and the onset of flu season, some are closing their doors once again and moving back to online learning ahead of the holiday break.

Students will learn remotely learning at Murdock High School in Winchendon through the holiday break after dozens of students tested positive or were exposed to the coronavirus. Teachers have the day to prepare before classes go remote Thursday. The high school will remain remote until Dec. 23, which marks the start of winter break. The school district made the decision…

The Curley School in Jamaica Plain is going remote for 10 days due to a recent spike in COVID-19 cases.

Complications wrought by the pandemic persist in schools and often fall hardest on those least able to weather them.

A New Hampshire high school has opted to move to fully remote learning after 56 of its 400 or so students contracted COVID-19. The Raymond School Board voted Wednesday to go remote for at least two days and possibly through the end of next week, the Union Leader reported. The board also voted to require masks as the elementary and…

Pfizer is seeking approval for its COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to children aged 5-11.