FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A recent national study measuring families intentions for the 2021-2022 school year reported that 72.2 percent of families who homeschooled during COVID-19 plan to continue homeschooling this fall.
The study, commissioned by national online curriculum provider Time4Learning®, a Cambium Learning® Group company, surveyed families who elected to homeschool their children since January 2020. More than 2,100 parents responded to questions ranging from preferred academic platform to the motivating factors for their decision.
Only 19 percent reported an intent to return to brick-and-mortar schools. Nine percent of respondents said they were still undecided about the fall term, citing concerns over the uncertain pandemic forecasts and new strains. Read the full summary of findings here.
Survey Reveals Majority of New Homeschooling Families Will Not Return to Brick-and-Mortar Schools This Fall
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Lexia Learning and Voyager Sopris Learning Recognize Structured Literacy Champions with ‘Dr. Louisa Moats Award’
May 4, 2021 GMT
DALLAS (BUSINESS WIRE) May 4, 2021
Lexia® Learning and Voyager Sopris Learning ® today announced three awardees and three finalists of the first-ever “Dr. Louisa Moats Award for Excellence Implementing the Science of Reading.” The award celebrates schools and districts for their excellence using the science of reading and
LETRS ® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling), a professional learning solution that provides K-5 educators with the knowledge to be literacy and language experts.
The Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division announced Tuesday connectivity issues during the first day on the STAAR Online Testing Platform which affected fourth grade writing, seventh grade writing and English I exams. Locally, Graham ISD was also impacted by the outages which occurred statewide and could resume testing those exams Tuesday.
TEA posted updates to the STAAR Assessment Management System dashboard Tuesday every 10 minutes to keep districts on top of progress to resolve the issue. This was the first of five days students were eligible to take one of three tests affected by the issues online.
“We understand the frustration this has caused students, parents, teachers, and administrators. What happened today is completely unacceptable. ETS (Educational Testing Service), the testing vendor, experienced problems with their database system, which are in the process of being corrected. The 2021 online administration of STAAR will be ETS’s last for the State of