But its not entirely smooth sailing. Education leaders are fretted about finding out loss, equity, and helping trainees return into a typical school regimen– all while dealing with increasing social-emotional needs.

Trainees left their in-person class in March of 2020 without realizing they d soon be logging into virtual classrooms for the long run. After what looked like an eternity, with technology missteps and myriad obstacles dealt with by various student populations, class throughout the nation reopened for full in-person learning this fall.

This all begs the concern: How has COVID completely modified the future of learning?

Laura Ascione is the Editorial Director at eSchool Media. She is a graduate of the University of Marylands prominent Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

In this eSchool News webinar hosted by Epson, Mark Hess, principal of Mary Helen Guest Elementary School in Walled Lake, Michigan, and Dan Warren, director of innovation operations for Des Moines Public Schools in Des Moines, Iowa, assess the successes and lessons of last school year and discuss what they expect the future of finding out to look like.

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