Education Next – Thomas Toch
The spread of the coronavirus pandemic has produced a cascade of school closings. Yesterday, the governor of Kansas announced that the state’s entire public school system will be closed through the end of the school year. Many schools suddenly must shift to distance learning. To help schools and school systems navigate that transition, FutureEd Director Thomas Toch explored the new education landscape with Brad Rathgeber, the head of school and chief executive of One Schoolhouse, a highly regarded, nonprofit online school that partners with 160 public and private schools worldwide to supplement their school-based instruction and to provide professional development for faculty members working in the online space.