Lincoln Elementary School Partners With Proximity Learning
Lincoln Elementary School, located outside Chicago, Illinois, was quick to feel the nationwide teacher shortage. In particular, the school was unable to secure permanent staffing options for their world language program. Lincoln’s Elementary School students were deprived of Spanish courses, further leading to an unproductive comprehensive educational experience. Like many schools across the country, Lincoln’s […]
A Simple Solution to Offering a Summer World Language Academy
As one of the highest performing school districts in New Jersey, Colts Neck Township is always looking for ways to give their students an advantage. In 2015, they decided to offer a Latin Summer Course to give their students a head start before the school year began. Colts Neck Leadership quickly found it difficult to […]
Ohio District Implements Virtual Language Instruction
Richmond Heights High School, located in Richmond Heights, Ohio, struggled to hire teachers that truly suited their need to provide their high school students with opportunities to explore global languages. While world language credits are not required for graduating from primary education in Ohio, the school wanted to provide their students with an equitable opportunity […]
District Leverages Technology to Support Special Education Students
Recruiting and retaining Special Education (SPED) Teachers is a challenge for Clovis Municipal School District. Due to their location in rural New Mexico, finding qualified long term employees becomes more challenging every year. This is especially true for SPED teachers – even Albuquerque, the state’s largest district, has over 65 SPED vacancies outstanding. In 2016, […]
High-Quality Teachers For Hard-To-Fill Schools
As one of the largest school districts in Georgia, Fulton County Schools has over 600 teaching vacancies every year. Their hiring process is difficult due to constant competition from 16 other nearby districts in the Atlanta Metro Area. The demand for teachers in the Atlanta Metro Area far outpaces the supply, making many teaching positions […]
Despite Pandemic, Students in Online AP Chinese Classes Saw Success
Despite k-12 education being turned upside down as a pandemic closed the doors of many U.S. schools and lent learning into the hands of technology in the middle of the spring semester, College Board’s Advanced Placement exams didn’t falter. AP students wanting to earn college credit continued their studies from home to prepare for a […]
New Study Proves Effectiveness of Synchronous Online Education
The effectiveness of online classes has become one of the biggest questions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic closing the doors of schools across the U.S. As many administrators, teachers, parents, and students scrambled to adapt to the sudden change in learning environments from in-person to completely online at the end of the 2019-2020 […]
K-8 Tennessee School Sees Success in Recent Math Benchmark
Carroll Oakland Elementary from Wilson County School District, located in Tennessee, is a K-8 school that struggled to be competitive with grade 6-8 middle schools. Principal Jason Dunn said he tried to create a middle school within the elementary school, but still lacked the resources. He said separate middle schools had a lot more teachers […]
Collaboration with Virtual Teachers Helped this School Adapt to Remote Learning
HOUSTON, TEXAS — Huntsville Intermediate School was one of many schools that closed its doors to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, but being home did not stop them from continuing to provide their students with quality education. In partnership with Proximity Learning Inc. (PLI), an ESS company, the school’s fifth and sixth grade bilingual […]
Newton County School District Partners With Proximity Learning
Written: June 2020 Updated: February 2026 Newton County School District, located in Covington, Georgia, faced a growing challenge that many schools across the region were experiencing: difficulty finding qualified teacher coverage for core subjects. Open positions and substitute shortages made it increasingly difficult to provide consistent instruction in ELA, math, science, and social studies, directly affecting […]
