mothers day 2021 Mother's Day Spending Is Way Up—But Moms Just Want This One, Free Gift Stress levels for moms with preschoolers skyrocketed during the pandemic
remote learning A Remote Learning Report Card, One Year Later By Jalyn Henderson. Most families around the country are now marking one full year of disrupted education and either partial or complete online learning. NBCLX storyteller Jalyn Henderson talked to students about how the year has impacted them — and to experts about what needs to be done to help children around the country make up the ground they lost.
remote learning This D.C. Science Teacher Turned His Kitchen into a Chemistry Lab to Teach His Students From Home A D.C. chemistry teacher transformed his kitchen into a classroom to teach and inspire his students from home. Jonte Lee from Calvin Coolidge High School walked LX News host Tabitha Lipkin through some experiments while discussing the importance of representing Black teachers and the hearing impaired community through his popular classes on social media.
remote learning New Research Shows How Remote Learning Is Failing Low-Income Students and Students of Color After months of remote learning in many parts of the country, new research is revealing how Black, Hispanic, and low-income students are disproportionately falling behind. Washington Post reporter Laura Meckler breaks down some of the reasons why remote learning is failing so many of our kids and the effects of long-standing equity gaps.
bermuda Ever Wanted to Work From a Tropical Island? For Some, Now Is the Perfect Opportunity Bermuda, Barbados, Aruba and Jamaica are some of the countries offering “digital nomad” programs for international workers who want to ride out the pandemic abroad. NBCLX’s Noah Pransky gave it a try.
Education Students Are Falling Behind in Math as COVID-19 Continues to Disrupt Education, According to a Study After months of school disruptions and remote teaching due to COVID-19, researchers are starting to see some of the impact on learning. Megan Kuhfeld, a senior research scientist with the nonprofit NWEA, joined LX News to explain a study that found that the pandemic has led to many students falling behind in math specifically.
unc chapel hill ‘People Are Scared': UNC-Chapel Hill Freshman Says Students Afraid to Leave Their Rooms Amid Pandemic On Monday, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced all undergraduate in-person classes will shift to remote learning after four student housing units reported coronavirus outbreaks. Noah Monroe is a current freshman at UNC who said his friends are scared of getting sick.
