For pre-teens watching TV in the early 1970s, the opening to Zoom was captivating with seven, charismatic, barefoot kids in rugby shirts running, jumping, dancing and singing on a bare stage.

And adult supervision. Not “Zoom.” The opening credits showed kids — and only kids — running amok in a TV studio, singing and dancing in striped rugby shirts, bell-bottom jeans and Keds.

So why we inflicting Zoom school on our kids? Why are we denying them a decent education? Because the teachers unions demand it. They’ve put their brute, political force behind the Zoom tech.

As Zoom remains a key part of many students' experience this fall, the video conferencing tool introduced a new feature to keep them from getting distracted in class. In a blog post, Zoom ...

Often, the kids have their own ideas ... story — and to get enough quiet time to actually write it — I tested Zoom babysitting on my own 3- and 6-year-olds at home. Through an old MacBook ...

The Zoom sessions are also helping Nicholas, a kindergartner at Burning Tree Elementary School in Bethesda, cope with isolation. “In the beginning, the kids were excited to be home.

ALEXANDRIA, VA., September 20, 2001 - This weekend, PBS will offer a special episode of the award-winning children's series ZOOM entitled AMERICA'S KIDS RESPOND. The half-hour special features the ...

In the past month, my 5-year-old has gone from being excited about video calls for school and virtual “play dates” to basically hating it all. Sometimes he’s into it — like yesterday, when ...

I’ve had conversations with candidates who have had to take our calls from their cars, and Zoom interviews with parents ... that they are able to watch the kids for an hour.

Should you Zoom or FaceTime? How about a Houseparty ... for navigating the new video-chat reality. Photo: FaceTime FOR KIDS, MAGIC tricks can trigger both wonder and frustration.

If your child is tired of endless Zoom calls and typing on screens, Microsoft’s Office app for iOS and Android offers another opportunity to work the old-fashioned way: kids can work on paper ...