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Educator's Company Relieves Pressures Of Pandemic Learning For Kids Across America Educator's Company Relieves Pressures Of Pandemic Learning For Kids Across America
Educator's Company Relieves Pressures Of Pandemic Learning For Kids Across America One student is learning computer coding, another is taking Yoga. One is studying Spanish and another is mastering how to read a clock. From learning the ABCs to studying for the LSAT, all are doing so online with tutors stationed around the world through Virtuo Tutors. The company was launched last year by Lauren Rosenblum, a learning specialist at a New York City private school, who saw a need for improvement in the education sector at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I love working with kids, especially through one-on-one intervention, which allows you to get to know them, be their…
COVID-19: No Classroom Return Date In Sight (Yet) For This Essex County District COVID-19: No Classroom Return Date In Sight (Yet) For This Essex County District
Covid-19: No Classroom Return Date In Sight (Yet) For This Essex County District Students in one Essex County district where one person associated with the football team tested positive for COVID-19 are learning remotely with no date set for a return to classroom learning... yet. In a letter to parents sent Nov. 10, Nutley Superintendent Dr. Julie Glazer laid out how learning operate this month. Students in grades Pre-K through 6, along with self-contained special education, will remain in their current hybrid schedule until Wednesday, Nov. 25. Students in grades 7 through 12 -- who planned on returning to schools Monday, Nov. 16 -- will instead remain v…
COVID-19: Morris County Regional District Reports 1 Case In Each High School COVID-19: Morris County Regional District Reports 1 Case In Each High School
Covid-19: Morris County Regional District Reports 1 Case In Each High School A Morris County regional school district will remain open with hybrid learning in place after two COVID-19 cases were reported. One case each was reported at Morris Knolls High School and Morris Hills High School, and are not connected, according to a letter sent by Morris hills Regional Superintendent James Jencarelli Friday night. Public health officials in Rockaway and Denville -- the students' hometowns -- are monitoring the cases closely, Jancarelli said. Contact tracing is expected to continue in the next few days. Several other schools in Morris County have reported positive COVID-…
COVID-19: Bergen County High School Goes Remote For One Week COVID-19: Bergen County High School Goes Remote For One Week
Covid-19: Bergen County High School Goes Remote For One Week Another Bergen County high school has switched to remote learning after one individual returned a positive COVID-19 test. A non-teaching staff member at the Park Ridge Junior-Senior High School returned a positive rapid test according to a letter from officials sent Oct. 13. On Oct. 19, the community received an update saying the test was a lab-confirmed positive. Classes were being held remotely at the school from Oct. 20 to Oct. 26. Hybrid learning was expected to resume Oct. 27.After-school activities and athletics were also cancelled. The decision to go remote was made by the coun…
COVID-19: Bergen County District Reports 4 New Cases COVID-19: Bergen County District Reports 4 New Cases
Covid-19: Bergen County District Reports 4 New Cases Four new COVID-19 cases were reported this week in a single Bergen County school district. A letter sent to Ramsey parents Monday said schools will remain open despite three cases at Hubbard Elementary School and one was from Eric Smith Middle School, NorthJersey.com reports. Individuals who came in close contact with the cases were instructed to stay home for 14 days, and everyone else will attend classes as usual. While there was no connection between the cases at Hubbard and Smith, the three at Hubbard all appeared to be linked to an exposure outside of school, Superintendent Matthew Mu…
Central Jersey Middle School Goes Remote Due To Technical Glitch Central Jersey Middle School Goes Remote Due To Technical Glitch
Central Jersey Middle School Goes Remote Due To Technical Glitch A technical glitch forced middle schoolers in one Monmouth County school district to remote learning only next week, education officials said. A statement on the Marlboro Public Schools website cited "pockets of performance issues with Zoom" as the issue -- particularly in some of the new staff Chromebooks that have the latest operating system. Superintendent Eric Hibbs made the announcement Thursday in a letter to parents, the Asbury Park Press reports. Students in the Memorial and Marlboro middle schools are effected. “While the district planned all summer for the reopening of schoo…
Paramus Delays In-Person Learning Last Minute Paramus Delays In-Person Learning Last Minute
Paramus Delays In-Person Learning Last Minute In-person instruction was set to begin Thursday for Paramus students. But Monday, the district's top education officials decided that would have to wait until November. Thursday remains the first day of school, but it will all be done virtually, Superintendent Sean Adams said. "While circumstances dictated the need for this adjustment, it is nonetheless an extremely disappointing turn of events for our students, parents/guardians, administration, faculty, staff, and Board of Education," Adams said in a letter. The last-minute change was largely due to employees with underlying medical…