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The vast uncertainty surrounding how education will be delivered in the coming months is one of the most frustrating aspects of the coronavirus era. Will campuses reopen? If they don’t, many of the students I spoke with this week ([link removed]) aren’t sure they’ll enroll.

Will virtual learning stick around? ([link removed]) Will federal money shortchange the students who need it most? ([link removed]) Will summer schools open to help ease learning loss? Columnist Andre Perry thinks they should. ([link removed]) Our list keeps getting longer. We are sure you have plenty of questions as well, and we welcome your responses. Stay healthy.

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** With decisions coming due, sleepless high school seniors worry college may not be worth it ([link removed])
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With many colleges asking for a commitment by May 1 – although some have extended the deadline until June 1 – high school seniors who had planned to go away to college face one of the most difficult decisions of their lives, especially since they don’t know if campuses will open in the fall.
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** Teachers use high-and low-tech means to reach English Language Learners during coronavirus crisis ([link removed])
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From phone calls to text messages and handwritten letters, educators employ multiple tools to find what works.



** COLUMN: Every student needs summer school this year to combat coronavirus learning loss ([link removed])
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To make up for probable academic gaps produced during this unprecedented period, districts should continue providing academic services online in the summer.



** Lowest student-to-school-counselor ratio since 1986 ([link removed])
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There's been an increase in the number of school counselors, bringing the student-to-counselor ratio down to the lowest level since 1986.



** A tiny microbe upends decades of learning ([link removed])
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School districts, thrust into turmoil by Covid-19, are slowly finding ways to cope. A few overarching lessons learned — about equity, expectations and communication — are now helping schools navigate this crisis on the fly.



** Desperate for students, colleges resort to previously banned recruiting tactics ([link removed])
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The more they worry about whether students in this year of the coronavirus will show up in the fall, the more admissions officers responsible for filling seats at colleges and universities have started sounding like the salesmen on late-night TV infomercials.

Solutions
"Glendale Community College's mobile food pantry meets a rising wave of need during pandemic ([link removed]) ", Glendale News-Press

"Read my lips: how lockdown TV could boost children's literacy ([link removed]) ", The Guardian

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