While schools across the country have been experiencing a growing shift towards technology in the classroom for a while now, the sudden onset of Covid-19 has rapidly accelerated this hi-tech adoption.

With school safety and security being a major concern in all schools, the ability to maximize accuracy and detection for potential dangerous situations with oftentimes limited manpower is crucial. As such, the implementation of smart sensor technologies in the school setting can relieve much of this burden from the shoulders of staff members, allowing them to focus more on classroom instruction rather than security concerns.

With the widespread shift towards remote learning brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, many schools across the country are now facing a problem when it comes to equal access to education. While students with internet access are able to easily access these new online resources, those with less economically-fortunate situations are unable to receive the same quality of education due to a growing disparity in access to virtual learning technologies. Unfortunately, this disproportionately affects students in low-income neighborhoods, those with disabilities, and those in households with limited English comprehension, widening the already growing gap in access to education.

With the rise in both technological advancements and increase in school-place violence over the years, security and surveillance technologies have been at the forefront in school-place reformation plans. As Covid-19 has reshaped the future of the education system, further emphasis has been placed on pre-emptive screening measures of both staff and students as a means of preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus. The need to combat both medical and security-based threats has led to an increased focus on surveillance systems within the realm of education.

With the rise in both technological advancements and increase in school-place violence over the years, security and surveillance technologies have been at the forefront in school-place reformation plans. As Covid-19 has reshaped the future of the education system, further emphasis has been placed on pre-emptive screening measures of both staff and students as a means of preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus

In the era of Covid-19, industries across the globe are gearing up for a “new normal” once the country emerges from the lockdown stage of the pandemic. American public education, an already controversial subject prior to the novel coronavirus, is no exception. Here’s a look at how education will be impacted by Covid-19.

This recent Brookings article shares that as we are facing a pandemic-triggered economic slowdown, U.S. school districts now need to consider doing something they haven’t had to do in recent budget boom years: Draft a budget that assumes they’re headed for a financial fall.

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around the world, and across every state in the U.S., school systems are shutting their doors. To date, the education community has largely focused on the different strategies to continue schooling, including lively discussions on the role of education technology versus distribution of printed paper packets.