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TexasTowelie

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Mon Jul 13, 2020, 06:29 PM Jul 2020

Kansas Teachers Will Get Little Required Training On How To Run Classrooms Online

WICHITA, Kansas — Jennifer Mathes kept her expectations for the spring low.

A sudden, pandemic-driven shift from classrooms to online instruction was bound to throw the Blue Valley school district a curve. That would be a loss for the quality of teaching she could expect for her daughter.

But for the fall?

“You’ve had some time to prepare,” said Mathes, who’s the CEO of the nonprofit Online Learning Consortium. “You’ve got to create a better environment so my daughter doesn’t suffer.”

Yet at many Kansas schools, teachers will only be required to take a few days of training in the art of running a classroom online before school starts again in mid-August.

Read more: https://www.kmuw.org/post/kansas-teachers-will-get-little-required-training-how-run-classrooms-online

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