To ensure learning continued amid coronavirus-related school shutdowns that began in spring, districts built in a fair bit of flexibility around not just where learning could take place, but when. While there were some synchronous learning opportunities, “the bulk of the day was perhaps spent with students simply doing an activity, doing the assignment, and then turning it back in to their teachers,” said Clay Hunter, interim associate superintendent of curriculum and instructional support for Georgia’s Gwinnett County Public Schools.
