Remote learning is hard to love. The nation’s forced experiment in online education the past few years has been a disaster for kids. Educators and parents alike have come to view virtual learning as a necessary evil at best, an ad hoc response to a national crisis. In a survey by McKinsey & Company, 60 percent of teachers rated the effectiveness of remote learning between one and three out of ten. Many attribute remote learning to the catastrophic decline in academic outcomes and an alarming spike in mental health problems, with plummeting test scores and rising rates of depression and anxiety among students. It’s also assumed to widen achievement gaps. The challenges of remote instruction “apply in affluent, English-speaking, two-parent...
— Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed’s editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission.Daylight Saving Time starts this Sunday, March 13 at 2 a.m. It may mean a lost hour of sleep, but on the bright side (pun intended), we get our first glimpse of warmer days ahead as winter fades to spring. After a long, cold winter, it’s time to take full advantage of more sunshine and balmy temperatures. Here are 8 backyard ideas to embrace your space as we bask in the warmth. 1. Spruce up the patio space Credit: Getty Images / KatarzynaBialasiewicz Keep your new patio furniture looking fresh year-round by using furniture covers and deep-cleaning your furniture's fabric and cushions....
This month, the Multiple Listing Service records 69 Santa Fe County properties for sale at $2 million or higher. The polarization between studio apartments and casitas occupied by the city’s workers who have managed to stay here and these castle-like mansions in the foothills and ridgetops had us searching from Circle Drive to La Tierra for someone willing to let us tour their abode.Turns out, lots of those people don’t really like it when you call their larger-than-life house a castle, and they certainly didn’t want SFR poking around in their five bathrooms or dipping our toes in their hilltop swimming pool.Lucky for us, we’re all part owners in a mansion that’s also a de facto art gallery. The residence...
Image Pexels CC0 LicenseHave you ever noticed how Saturdays and Sundays are the days of the week that pass quickest? Many people live for the weekends and look forward to having those two days away from work all week long. But, when the weekend arrives, these two days seem to just pass in the blink of an eye. This is a collaborative post As weekdays are so busy, you may find that you spend the entire two days catching up on chores and running errands. When weekends go past this fast, that Sunday night/Monday morning feeling is the worse, especially if you have been busy all weekend long and have had no time to relax. While it may be impossible to...
By Elizabeth Aguilera | CalMatters Toddlers and preschoolers who have mostly known a school life with tiny masks may be in for a big lifestyle change after Friday, when the state mask mandate for kids ends at midnight. While wearing masks is still strongly recommended, some medical experts worry removing the state mask mandate could be risky for tots. The change shifts the onus of requiring masking to child care and preschool operators, schools and school districts. Schools will no longer be able to bar a student from school for not wearing a face covering. “The wisest thing to do is go from a requirement to strongly recommending (masks) and recognizing that there may be some places where they want...
