Parents Balancing At Home Schooling And Full-Time Jobs With Virtual Learning Pods
With learning taking place at home instead of the classroom, some parents who work full-time are finding strength in numbers.
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With learning taking place at home instead of the classroom, some parents who work full-time are finding strength in numbers.
As parents struggle to keep students safe and learning, virtual instruction has become another COVID-created necessity. And yet, the format just isn't a good fit for everyone -- starting with the parents.
Starting Monday, Dallas ISD will begin its mass technology deployment of more than 60,000 devices to elementary students.
Parents had the option of sending their kids to back school or signing them up for remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic.
It was late last month when the DeSoto ISD school board approved a plan to return students to campuses -- now the district has modified that adjusted reopening plan to delay in-person teaching.
Direct deliveries are expected to continue daily, but could take until the beginning of next week to complete.
A growing concern for working parents has become whether to hire outside help to look after their kids who are taking classes virtually.
Wednesday was the first day of school for Prosper ISD and the district reports 61% of elementary and 67% of secondary students participated in in-person learning.
Parents across the country are preparing to help their children with virtual or distance learning, but a small and quickly growing number are deciding to take matters into their own hands and begin homeschooling.
At 42%, Dallas has the worst connection rate among the ten largest cities in the country.
Launching with grades 3 and 4, selected students attend their neighborhood schools, but live on the At Last! campus during the week.
The new approach reduces burdens for families and school administrators and helps ensure that students receive nutritious meals.
Today families in the Mansfield Independent School District will have another chance to pickup Chromebooks, iPads, and other digital devices for students, after major headaches this past weekend.
To prevent the spread of COVID-19 in schools resulting in repeated cycles of opening and closing, TCPH supports the opening of schools for virtual learning.
Medical students from the TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine have started a Back to School Supplies Drive to collect and donate school supplies for children in the Fort Worth area.
SMU star center back Slade Starnes has officially achieved what every DFW youth soccer player dreams of: signing a homegrown professional contract with FC Dallas.
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Walk with a Doc invites community members to join low-pressure group walks led by physicians.
The largest nurses strike ever in New York City is underway as thousands of NYSNA members walk off their jobs at major hospitals.
As millions of Americans struggle with paying for health care, doctors and health experts discuss how medical care is being eroded by insurers denying necessary tests and treatment, making it "more difficult to be healthy in the United States."
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'Tis the season: for sniffles, but before you blame the holiday gathering at grandma's for your coughing, sneezy misery, look around.
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Salad and Go, a drive-thru salad chain, said on Wednesday that it will close all remaining Texas and Oklahoma stores.
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A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
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