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A virtual world, and that includes board meetings

School 2.0 Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

With permission from the governor, many area public school districts are entering new territory, hosting virtual board meetings...

School’s back! Districts begin to launch Continuity of Learning Plans

School 2.0 Erin Albanese

Districts statewide are rolling out individualized plans by April 28 to continue learning through the end of the school year...

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STEM teachers step up to make masks, face shields using 3D printers

School 2.0 Cris Greer

STEM teachers are doing their part to supply personal protective equipment to health care workers during the coronavirus pandemic...

Broadcast class video showcases teachers reading, singing, exercising

School 2.0 Charles Honey

Students in Rockford High School’s award-winning Beyond the Rock class put together a snazzy video to highlight how teachers have reached out to students following the March 16 school closure...

Learning from a distance: ‘Keep them happy and keep them learning’

School 2.0 Charles Honey

In this moment of social distancing, it’s an alternative way to get at the school’s aim of helping all students learn, yet in drastically different and varied circumstances...

Students reflect on benefits of yoga, family game time

Rockford Student Showcase School News Network

Students in Shelby Denhof’s English 11A class at Rockford High recently wrote op-ed essays, as part of a unit on persuasion and argumentative writing. School News Network received a number of essays and selected two of them to publish, by Kaylie Leasher and Rachel Broekstra...