Families are pulling from a diverse set of resources to help manage the transition to remote learning — online classes, virtual field trips or even turning baking into a chemistry lesson. Aggregators such as Wide Open School may seed the landscape for novel open source curricula — dynamic virtual textbooks that link directly to lectures, problem se... See more

Mehta and Fine profiled one high school in a network of 14 project-based charter schools serving more than 5,000 students. The students are drawn by lottery, representing all social groups. They do not sit in rows taking notes. Rather, grouped into teams of 50, they work together on complicated interdisciplinary projects. Teachers serve as coaches ... See more