As a result of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, online learning has taken massive leaps across the country, virtual and overnight. The challenges of teaching and requirements of tools for learning now fall to parents and students, as well as teachers. Here is a list of resources geared to students and parents in a distant learning environment.

· Quality media and at-home learning opportunities for families during the coronavirus pandemic are provided by Common Sense Media. 
www.commonsensemedia.org

· As parents and teachers collaborate to build students' access to learning, everyone is empowered. Here is a step-by-step guide to help parents understand how to use a valuable learning tool, Google Classroom:
Learning Google Classroom

This is a time when many of us are profoundly missing our students, and possibly mourning the fact that we won't see them in person again this academic year.

It can be comforting and reinvigorating to remember that our students are still as vibrant and curious as ever, and we can still play an integral and positive role in their lives. 

With that in mind, we'd like to share an uplifting interview our co-founder Michelle conducted with a middle school English learner named Jianung. 

ELD success story  

E.L. Achieve Interview with Jianung