/tags/virtual-learning virtual learning en-US Copyright Tue, 22 Aug 2023 17:24:30 GMT /news/2023-08-22/ohio-department-of-education-selects-virtual-tutoring-company-to-work-with-select-school-districts Varsity Tutors for Schools is based in St. Louis and has worked with over 200 school districts across the U.S. It employs about 40,000 tutors that cover a range of K-12 subjects. Tue, 22 Aug 2023 17:24:30 GMT /news/2023-08-22/ohio-department-of-education-selects-virtual-tutoring-company-to-work-with-select-school-districts George Shillcock /ideastream/2020-11-24/is-keeping-students-home-effective-it-depends-on-how-families-respond Universities and K-12 schools across Northeast Ohio are shifting students to remote learning between the Thanksgiving and winter breaks in light of county stay-at-home advisories and the continuing rise in COVID-19 cases. That’s an “appropriate and reasonable” move, according to Dr. Bill Miller, an infectious disease epidemiologist and senior associate dean of research in the College of Public Health at Ohio State University, who called the recent spike in cases “dramatic and dangerous.” Tue, 24 Nov 2020 21:22:39 GMT /ideastream/2020-11-24/is-keeping-students-home-effective-it-depends-on-how-families-respond