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Lance Izumi Details the Coronavirus Pandemic's Impact on Education on the David Webb Show
The David Webb Show | Lance Izumi
April 13, 2020
Lance Izumi, PRI’s Senior Education Fellow, joined the The David Webb Show on SiriusXM Patriot 125, to discuss the latest impact of the coronavirus pandemic on education. Izumi explains the equity issues with online and distance learning and how some charter schools have benefited from embracing technological innovations.
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Lance Izumi – Online Learning and Homeschooling During the COVID-19 Pandemic
PRI's Next Round Podcast | Lance Izumi
April 13, 2020
Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, joins us to discuss a situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic that millions of parents never though they’d find themselves in – homeschooling their kids. He shares advice from experts to parents on homeschooling, shares online education and homeschooling resources, discusses state and federal efforts to make it easier for parents and students to access online education, and spotlights how teacher unions and opponents of charter schools are not allowing the crisis to go to waste to further their policy agenda.
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Homeschooling Advice for Parents During School Shutdowns
Real Clear Education | Lance Izumi
April 8, 2020
When parents make the decision to homeschool their children, she says that there are plenty of resources available for homeschoolers: “There is so much out there to choose from. I tell parents to begin with the end in mind. What kind of adult do you want your child to be and go from there. What’s nice about homeschooling is that if a certain curriculum isn’t working for your child you can switch it at anytime.”
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The Lars Larson Show Interviews Lance Izumi on Distance Learning Challenges
The Lars Larson Show | Lance Izumi
April 9, 2020
Lance Izumi, PRI’s Senior Education Fellow, talks about the benefits of distance or online learning and homeschooling since schools are closed during the coronavirus pandemic. Izumi talks about the many technological and time-saving benefits for students and parents using online learning tools and what that could mean for education once the shelter-in-place orders have been lifted.
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Coronavirus school shutdowns foster online learning alternatives
Washington Examiner | Lance Izumi
April 1, 2020
In order to ensure that it promotes rather than hinders this needed flexibility to educate, the Department of Education recently issued clarifying information on the use of distance learning for students saying, “No one wants to have learning coming to a halt across America due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and the U.S. Department of Education does not want to stand in the way of good faith efforts to educate students on-line.”
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