Understaffed school systems are turning to virtual teachers who teach via video, often hundreds of miles away from the classroom. Why students at one Granville County are getting more comfortable with ...

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Thursday marked the first day of school today for students in Gary, Indiana, but not every teacher was physically in the classroom. A shortage of licensed educators has led the Gary Community School ...

JACKSON — When the bell rings at Raymond High School, the Algebra I teacher doesn’t walk through the door. Instead, he appears on a screen, writing formulas in neon ink across a pane of glass miles ...

In today’s digital-first learning environment, virtual classroom platforms have moved to the forefront of education. At the heart of this shift are Learning Management Systems (LMSs), the tools that ...

The pandemic worsened a longstanding shortage of qualified teachers, especially for rural states in the Rocky Mountain West. Now, some Montana schools are turning to virtual teachers to fill the gap.

TL;DR: With nearly 3,000 teaching vacancies and over half of its school districts classified as critical shortage areas, Mississippi is taking a technological leap to address its long-standing teacher ...

Nothing can fully prepare a new teacher for their first year in the classroom—especially when it comes to the difficult conversations they’ll inevitably have with students and parents. But two former ...