Pandemic PASS or FAIL

Virginia business owner cooks up a plan to help working parents with online schooling

Students work on online schooling at the Virtual School Care Center in Richmond, Virginia (WRIC Photo/Kerri O'Brien)

A Utah school was already online-only. Here’s what lessons it has for others

A student learning online at Utah Virtual Academy (KTVX Photo)

Pandemic silver-lining: Why more parents are looking into home-based child care

Loretta Johnson wears a mask, checks temperatures and greets her students with hand sanitizer before they even walk into her home (KXAN Photo)

Portsmouth schools use paced learning to adapt to different progress levels due to pandemic

Portsmouth teachers train online to prepare for the school year (WAVY Photo)

Learning pods can make educational inequities worse. Here’s a better way to create one

Students work on virtual lessons in a learning pod created in a South Austin home. (KXAN Photo/Ben Friberg)

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Rural school district creates free internet service to keep students connected

YMCA program pivots online to get children school-ready during the pandemic

Nayeli Trevino, 3, reading a book (Courtesy Annabel Trevino)

The big changes one Dallas non-profit made to help kids stay connected in the pandemic

A Big Thought volunteer helps children with an activity (Courtesy Big Thought)

How one group works to keep kids in school, even if they’re learning online

Communities in Schools met with students in person and address their needs before the pandemic (Courtesy Communities in Schools)

Teen-run project provides virtual activities, tutoring for kids during the pandemic

Maddison Kim says she logs in to Covid NineTEEN project activity sessions almost every day. (Courtesy Yun Kim)

How schools are finding thousands of students they couldn’t reach when the pandemic began

Carolyn Slavin helps find missing students and connect their families to resources (Leander ISD Photo)

Students lost in the virtual learning shuffle? This school district comes to find them

Laurie Butler identifying herself as she tries to search for a student (KTXL Photo)

An Oregon school district’s unique approaches to keeping students fed

Food service workers pass out meals to students in Beaverton, Oregon (KOIN Photo)

No WiFi at home? One Virginia school district has a creative solution for students

Pioneer Elementary School in Suffolk, Virginia, where students can access WiFi (WAVY Photo)

Science kits allow kids to experiment from home

Home science kits are helping students in one Boulder classroom still participate in experiments (KDVR Photo)

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