Education is in the throes of a renaissance

Education is not in the midst of a crisis; it is in the throes of a renaissance. One way we can be sure of this is by turning our focus to the sheer number of students around the globe who have, due to COVID-19, been thrust into a similar unprecedented state of online learning. Although many debates still rage about the quality of synchronous vs. asynchronous education in this digital classroom space, what is not in question is how distance-learning—or “emergency remote learning”—has already changed the definition of schooling, the student-teacher relationship, and perhaps more vitally, the delivery of curriculum content.

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