The COVID-19 pandemic began in the late months of 2019, and by the spring of 2020, to limit transmission of the virus, schools across the globe closed and transitioned to emergency online teaching. While the move to online teaching and learning was inevitable, many learners, especially in rural and remote areas, found that online schooling had…

A PROGRAM DEMONSTRATING THE VALUES TO BE GAINED BY 60 RURAL PUPILS ENGAGED IN A 5-WEEK SUMMER SESSION WAS PRESENTED. THE BOYS AND GIRLS SEPARATELY PARTICIPATED IN A 10-DAY TRIP TO CAREFULLY SELECTED AREAS OF ARTISTIC, SCIENTIFIC, OR HISTORIC INTEREST IN CALIFORNIA. THE PURPOSES WERE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE INTELLECTUAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SOCIAL…

This article talks about how a teacher from Rail Road Flat Elementary School, Randall Youngblood, handles his class of 4th, 5th, and 6th graders through discipline. Discipline and the kind of teach-to-the-test learning that has become endemic in the era of No Child Left Behind has kept his students' energy channeled. Such rote learning often gets…