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Pivot to remote learning creates a chance to reinvent K-12 education

  • Written by Carl Kurlander, Senior Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh
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Many of the nation’s 57 million K-12 students will spend at least part of the 2020-2021 school year either dealing with distance learning or a hybrid model that keeps them out of classrooms several days a week. They’ll spend lots of time using teleconferencing software, with...

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