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THE BRICKS AND MORTAR OF REMOTE EDUCATION A conversation with those directly engaged in what education post-COVID looks like TUESDAY, MAY 12TH, 11 AM (EDT) School buildings may have closed, but the conversation about what education will look like post-COVID has only just opened. Remote education, done well, is more than a zoom meeting with […] Read more »

Forbes | May 5, 2020By Jeanne Allen, Founder and CEO of CER With the doors to most of K12 and higher education shut for the rest of the academic year and beyond, it’s time to implement a dramatically different way of educating our nation’s youth, and make it stick. We can’t allow our kids to […] Read more »

THIS IS WHY WE CALL IT THE BLOB   $200 billion, on top of the $13 billion in new monies already delivered for education (see related story below) to fund federal programs in anticipation of state budget cuts is the epitome of throwing good money after bad. Never mind that the rest of the nation has […] Read more »

REIMAGINING EDUCATION DURING COVID School and nonprofit leaders share their success strategies TUESDAY, MAY 5TH, 11 AM (EDT) Successful education providers are working alongside innovative thinkers and researchers to keep students learning during COVID. They have time-tested strategies for helping all students, regardless of location, keep learning. In a short 90 minute Zoom webinar, you […] Read more »

HOW SCHOOLS ARE EDUCATING NOW AND FOR THE FUTURE  Heads of schools serving more than 100,000 students who are learning remotely to share their programs TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH, 11 AM (EDT) Dozens of education providers, organizations, districts and schools are educating students seamlessly despite the crisis. What are they doing that others can learn from? What […] Read more »

ALARMING NAEP REPORT, ON TOP OF DEFICIENCIES REVEALED BY COVID’S IMPACT ON EDUCATION, REQUIRES URGENT ACTION Nation’s Report Card shows dismal results in subjects necessary for global citizenship   WASHINGTON D.C. (4.23.20) — The results of the latest nation’s Report Card reveal that only 15 percent of 8th grade students are proficient in history, and fewer […] Read more »

Forbes | April 9, 2020By Jeanne Allen, Founder and CEO of CER It was a simple statement I made on Twitter after seeing some less-than-nice comments about a parents’ ability to do education at home. “Every family has the capacity to educate their children.” It elicited many responses, some in agreement; others, not so sure: […] Read more »

Forbes | April 2, 2020By Jeanne Allen While the impact of the pandemic on education doesn’t have an official start date in the United States, by March 11th, many of Washington state’s schools, including in Seattle, were closed for business. Meanwhile in neighboring Northshore, Washington, whose schools had closed a week earlier out of precaution, […] Read more »

With Schools Closed, Kids With Disabilities Are More Vulnerable Than Ever NPR | March 27, 2020 With school closed, Marla Murasko begins her morning getting her 14-year-old son, Jacob, dressed and ready for the day. They have a daily check-in: How are you doing? How are you feeling? Next, they consult the colorful, hourly schedule […] Read more »

Dear Friends, As we all work to provide rapid solutions to the COVID-19 crisis and the impact it is having on education, we learned last week from our partner network that many states and school districts — some of which had already started remote education of students — told educators that any remote learning would […] Read more »