Push to reopen schools could leave out millions of students
3 years, 10 months ago

Push to reopen schools could leave out millions of students

Associated Press  

President Joe Biden says he wants most schools serving kindergarten through eighth grade to reopen by late April, but even if that happens, it is likely to leave out millions of students, many of them minorities in urban areas. “We’re going to see kids fall further and further behind, particularly low-income students of color,” said Shavar Jeffries, president of Democrats for Education Reform. “There’s potentially a generational level of harm that students have suffered from being out of school for so long.” Like some other officials and education advocates, Jeffries said powerful teachers unions are standing in the way of bringing back students. “I think that data will bear out that the children who have been most disadvantaged are going to be low-income children, Black and brown children, children with special education, learning differences, homeless and foster youth,” said Megan Bacigalupi, a mother of students in the Oakland public schools and one of the organizers. “We’ve always been at the bottom of the totem pole, in receiving resources that we need.” Public health officials increasingly say that virus transmissions in schools are low, so long as measures such as mask-wearing and social distancing are in place — even if teachers and other school staff have not received vaccinations.

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3 weeks after Ian’s landfall, students returning to school
2 years, 2 months ago

3 weeks after Ian’s landfall, students returning to school

Associated Press  

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Almost three weeks after Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida, students in the area’s largest school district were poised to return to class. The School District of Lee County said 28 schools were reopening on Monday and Tuesday, and another 32 have been cleared to reopen soon. Staff at the reopening schools were being invited …

Hurricane Ian closes some Florida schools indefinitely
2 years, 2 months ago

Hurricane Ian closes some Florida schools indefinitely

Associated Press  

The devastation from Hurricane Ian has left schools shuttered indefinitely in parts of Florida, leaving storm-weary families anxious for word on when and how children can get back to classrooms. “Every morning, I’m almost in tears.” The hurricane damaged the roof of her house, and the family lost power for three days. Sacerdote compared regions that are harder hit by …

Centre likely to issue advisory on reopening schools soon: Sources
2 years, 10 months ago

Centre likely to issue advisory on reopening schools soon: Sources

India TV News  

With the COVID-19 vaccination drive for children aged 15 gathering pace, the Centre is likely to issue an advisory soon to reopen schools across the country. Sources have told ANI that, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has asked the National Expert Group to suggest ways and work on modalities to open schools nationwide. Top sources have also told ANI that …

Omicron upends return to US schools and workplaces
2 years, 11 months ago

Omicron upends return to US schools and workplaces

Associated Press  

Some school systems around the U.S. extended their holiday break Monday or switched back to online instruction because of the explosion in COVID-19 cases, while others pressed ahead with in-person classes amid a seemingly growing sense that Americans will have to learn to co-exist with the virus. New York City, home of the nation’s largest school system, reopened classrooms to …

Ida deals new blow to Louisiana schools struggling to reopen
3 years, 3 months ago

Ida deals new blow to Louisiana schools struggling to reopen

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The way it’s looking like …

Ida deals new blow to Louisiana schools struggling to reopen
3 years, 3 months ago

Ida deals new blow to Louisiana schools struggling to reopen

Associated Press  

— Tara Williams’ three little boys run shirtless, because most of their clothes were swept away, and they stack milk crates beneath a blazing sun because their toys are all gone too. “The way it’s looking like now, it’s going to be next August.” After a year and a half of pandemic disruptions that drove children from schools and pulled …

Ida deals new blow to Louisiana schools struggling to reopen
3 years, 3 months ago

Ida deals new blow to Louisiana schools struggling to reopen

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The way it’s looking like …

UP primary schools reopen with good strength
3 years, 3 months ago

UP primary schools reopen with good strength

India Today  

After a wait of more than one year, the primary classes of Classes 1 to 5 have reopened in UP. Schools reopening with good strength India Today reached City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar Extension, Lucknow to see the SOPs and turnout on Day 1. She said that vaccination for primary students was needed as even though schools were maintaining the …

Malls Open, Social Gatherings Allowed, Time We Let Children Return to School
3 years, 3 months ago

Malls Open, Social Gatherings Allowed, Time We Let Children Return to School

News 18  

Schools have remained largely closed for 1.5 years even as adults go to work, malls, and social gatherings each time a wave recedes. If asked about opening schools, at one end of the spectrum are parents who say—“I am worried about the third wave targeting children” or “We worry about kids bringing infection home to elders” or the ultimate conversation-stopper …

As Schools Begin to Unlock, Teachers Will be Frontline Warriors—But They Must be Trained
3 years, 4 months ago

As Schools Begin to Unlock, Teachers Will be Frontline Warriors—But They Must be Trained

News 18  

Like the unseen torpedoes from Nazi U-boats created panic in Allied shipping lines in the 1940s, mounting evidence about the psychosocial impact of COVID-19 pandemic on children is creating panic among parents and educationists. Task forces tasked with providing guidelines have few if any specific references to cite; therefore, sharing basic scientific guidelines and letting schools adapt to suit their …

Should schools be reopened? Data shows children least vulnerable to Covid
3 years, 4 months ago

Should schools be reopened? Data shows children least vulnerable to Covid

India Today  

The debate is contentious. Children, the data reveal, represented 14.2 per cent of all Covid cases and accounted for 1.3-3.6 per cent of total reported hospitalizations in the United States. In the pre-Covid year of 2019, 47 per cent children lacked access to education and/or health, which shot up to 56 per cent during the pandemic, according to UNICEF data. …

Covid-19 child cases are again rising as schools gear up to reopen. But vaccines for the youngest are still months away
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 child cases are again rising as schools gear up to reopen. But vaccines for the youngest are still months away

CNN  

CNN — New Covid-19 cases among children are back on the rise after months of declines, just as schools across the United States are gearing up to reopen in a few weeks. Video Ad Feedback Surgeon General on when he still wears a mask 02:59 - Source: CNN Vaccine data for youngest likely still months away It’s “very likely” data …

A school reopening success story (Opinion)
3 years, 7 months ago

A school reopening success story (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Miguel A. Cardona is the 12th Secretary of Education. Data released by the Institute of Education Sciences last week confirmed we reached the President’s goal ahead of schedule: 54% of K-8 schools are physically open and offering full time in-person learning to all their students as of March, and 88% are offering full-time and/or hybrid learning. Moreover, IES …

School reopening: Biden says schools ‘should probably all be open’ in the fall
3 years, 7 months ago

School reopening: Biden says schools ‘should probably all be open’ in the fall

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden said Friday that K-12 schools “should probably all be open” in the fall for in-person learning after more than a year of most of the country’s kids facing the challenge of remote instruction due to the coronavirus pandemic. Cardona told CNN’s Ana Cabrera on “CNN Newsroom” there is “still some hesitancy” about the safety of …

Governor pushes school reopening as many districts resist
3 years, 8 months ago

Governor pushes school reopening as many districts resist

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday urged all California schools to reopen, emphasizing that there are no state or health barriers to getting children back into classrooms and ending distance learning. Facing political pressure and a recall effort, Newsom said last week he plans to lift most of California’s coronavirus restrictions June 15 in an effort to reopen …

Los Angeles teachers union approves plan to reopen public schools in April
3 years, 9 months ago

Los Angeles teachers union approves plan to reopen public schools in April

CNN  

CNN — As school districts across the country struggle with ways to put students back in the classroom, public schools in Los Angeles are set to reopen for in-person instruction in April under a plan approved by the teachers union on Sunday. Additionally, schools would only return when Los Angeles County falls below the purple tier designated by the state …

New York City high schools are reopening for in-person learning on Monday
3 years, 9 months ago

New York City high schools are reopening for in-person learning on Monday

CNN  

CNN — New York City is set to reopen its public high schools on Monday, welcoming some students back to in-person learning about a year after schools first closed because of Covid-19. Approximately half of the city’s high schools will be able to provide in-person learning 5 days a week to all or most of their students, New York’s new …

New Education Secretary Miguel Cardona Wants Schools Open 'As Soon As Possible'
3 years, 9 months ago

New Education Secretary Miguel Cardona Wants Schools Open 'As Soon As Possible'

NPR  

New Education Secretary Miguel Cardona Wants Schools Open 'As Soon As Possible' Enlarge this image toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AP Mandel Ngan/AP President Biden's new Education Secretary, Miguel Cardona, hit the ground running Wednesday. You know, I haven't met an educator that doesn't agree that students learn best in school, and they really want our students to be learning in schools. …

Chicago Public Schools reopen for grades kindergarten through 5
3 years, 9 months ago

Chicago Public Schools reopen for grades kindergarten through 5

CNN  

CNN — Chicago public school students in grades kindergarten through 5 who chose in-person learning were able to return to classrooms Monday. “This morning I was lucky enough – once again – to experience firsthand the infectious excitement of our young people on their first day in class,” Lightfoot said. “Driving here this morning, I saw young kids skipping ahead …

School reopening: Here’s why it’s so hard
3 years, 9 months ago

School reopening: Here’s why it’s so hard

CNN  

Washington CNN — Millions of students across the US are still out of the classroom after nearly a year, fueling a heated debate among school districts, teachers and parents about the best – and safest – way to educate kids even as President Joe Biden pushes to get them back in buildings. After a bruising fight with the teachers’ union, …

California governor says deal to reopen schools is close
3 years, 10 months ago

California governor says deal to reopen schools is close

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — As the vast majority of California students approach one year of distance learning, Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed Tuesday that classrooms will reopen “very, very shortly.” But his forecast was called into question by Los Angeles teachers who continue to insist that the state’s largest school district won’t open without more vaccinations. Health officials in Los Angeles County, …

CDC's New Guidance For Reopening Schools May Not Be Effective
3 years, 10 months ago

CDC's New Guidance For Reopening Schools May Not Be Effective

NPR  

CDC's New Guidance For Reopening Schools May Not Be Effective The director of Harvard's Healthy Buildings program tells Steve Inskeep that updated CDC guidance on reopening schools during the pandemic may not help to return more kids to the classroom right away. We've So the community spread metric idea sounds great, but the reality is it doesn't really tell us …

Divides in parent opinion complicate school reopening push
3 years, 10 months ago

Divides in parent opinion complicate school reopening push

Associated Press  

President Joe Biden is pushing for K-8 schools to fully reopen in his first 100 days. So just like trust is earned, mistrust is also earned.” A CDC report in December similarly found that racial and ethnic minority parents were more concerned about some aspects of school reopening than white parents, including that mitigation measures wouldn’t be followed and the …

Secondary schools want students to get on-site lessons once a week
3 years, 10 months ago

Secondary schools want students to get on-site lessons once a week

NL Times  

VO-Raad, the council for secondary schools, wants students to get on-site education at least once a week from March 1. Health Minister Hugo de Jonge promised to give an update on when secondary schools can reopen at the next coronavirus press conference on Tuesday. The secondary schools' council therefore wants the situation to return to that of before the summer …

Here’s the CDC’s advice for reopening schools safely
3 years, 10 months ago

Here’s the CDC’s advice for reopening schools safely

LA Times  

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines Friday for how to open K-12 schools safely in a bid to help students across the nation resume in-person learning before the end of the 2020-21 school year. “These recommendations simply provide schools with a long-needed road map of how to open schools safely in a community.” How these …

Almost all primary schools open again
3 years, 10 months ago

Almost all primary schools open again

NL Times  

Almost all primary schools in the Netherlands are now open to physical education again, though many are still struggling to adhere to all the coronavirus rules, according to a survey by the general association of school leaders AVS among a thousand primary schools. Only 0.4 percent of primary schools are still only giving online classes, NU.nl reports. Face masks in …

UP schools to reopen from tomorrow, preparations underway in campuses
3 years, 10 months ago

UP schools to reopen from tomorrow, preparations underway in campuses

India Today  

After the opening of schools from classes 9 to 12 in UP, schools for young children are all set to open from February 10th. Teachers preparing for new session Also, the government schools are at the same time are preparing for the primary students. Parents apprehensive over schools reopening Another teacher, Punita Tripathi said that since the schools were closed …

Atlanta Public Schools considers mandatory summer school targeting students furthest behind from coronavirus
3 years, 10 months ago

Atlanta Public Schools considers mandatory summer school targeting students furthest behind from coronavirus

CNN  

CNN — Atlanta Public Schools is considering mandatory summer school aimed at helping students who suffered setbacks in their learning during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a top district official. “And that represents a very specific population.” That population includes vulnerable students from an educational and socio-economic perspective among the 51,000 students across 87 schools and five programs in the …

NYC middle schools will reopen to some students for the first time in months
3 years, 10 months ago

NYC middle schools will reopen to some students for the first time in months

CNN  

CNN — Some New York City middle school students in grades six through eight will return to classrooms on February 25, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday. New York City public schools closed to in-person learning in November after the citywide seven-day test positivity rate for Covid-19 exceeded 3%. With elementary students and some middle school students returning to school, …

The battle over schools reopening heats up. What are the facts?
3 years, 10 months ago

The battle over schools reopening heats up. What are the facts?

CNN  

CNN — As the Biden administration works to speed up the country’s Covid-19 response, reopening schools has become one of the primary benchmarks of recovery. While discussing the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines and teachers being categorized as essential workers, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said during a briefing last week that “there is increasing data to suggest that schools can safely …

Reopening of schools emerges as complex flashpoint for Biden administration
3 years, 10 months ago

Reopening of schools emerges as complex flashpoint for Biden administration

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden’s team is promising new guidance on school reopenings next week. And the administration created fresh confusion this week over the direction its school guidance is headed when Walensky said during a briefing Wednesday that “safe reopening does not suggest that teachers need to be vaccinated in order to reopen safely” – only to have White …

CDC director says guidance on reopening schools to be released in the coming week
3 years, 10 months ago

CDC director says guidance on reopening schools to be released in the coming week

CNN  

CNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will release guidance on school reopenings in the coming week, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Friday, amid rising tensions about how best to send students and teachers back into the classroom. “Among the things that we need to do to make sure that schools are safe is to make …

Schools can reopen before teachers are vaccinated, CDC chief says
3 years, 10 months ago

Schools can reopen before teachers are vaccinated, CDC chief says

LA Times  

Kindergarten teacher Bridget Vorland prepares her classroom at Alta Vista Elementary School, where students in grades K through 2 were able to return this week under a waiver. The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that schools can safely reopen even if teachers are not vaccinated against COVID-19. “Vaccination of teachers is not a …

Southern California pediatricians call for L.A.-area schools to immediately reopen
3 years, 10 months ago

Southern California pediatricians call for L.A.-area schools to immediately reopen

LA Times  

First-grader April Alvarez logs into online classes in September from the Delano Recreation Center in Van Nuys, with help from Astrid Gramajo. “A large majority of the 1.5 million students in L.A. County has not been physically in a classroom in nearly a year,” said the statement from Southern California Chapter 2 of the academy. “The driver takes students to …

Fauci says Biden’s plan to reopen schools in 100 days ‘may not happen’
3 years, 10 months ago

Fauci says Biden’s plan to reopen schools in 100 days ‘may not happen’

CNN  

CNN — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, cautioned Thursday that President Joe Biden’s push to reopen most schools within 100 days “may not happen” as the US continues to grapple with high Covid-19 transmission. “The President is taking very seriously the issue … both from the student standpoint and from the teacher standpoint,” Fauci said during …

School reopening: Biden pushes to reopen most schools in 100 days
3 years, 11 months ago

School reopening: Biden pushes to reopen most schools in 100 days

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Joe Biden is pledging to reopen most K-12 schools within 100 days – an ambitious goal as Covid cases surge and teachers across the country fight some plans to reopen. Teachers’ union leaders say they are pleased with Biden’s sense of urgency and focus, but they warn that the 100-day pledge may need to be a …

Where Is It Safe To Reopen Schools? New Research Offers Answers
3 years, 11 months ago

Where Is It Safe To Reopen Schools? New Research Offers Answers

NPR  

Where Is It Safe To Reopen Schools? New Research Offers Answers Enlarge this image toggle caption Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe via Getty Images Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe via Getty Images Since the beginning of this pandemic, experts and educators have feared that open schools would spread the coronavirus further, which is why so many classrooms remain closed. But a new, nationwide study …

Chicago push to reopen city schools becomes more contentious
3 years, 11 months ago

Chicago push to reopen city schools becomes more contentious

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Only half of Chicago Public Schools teachers expected in schools ahead of preschool students’ anticipated return next week showed up, district officials said Tuesday in an increasingly contentious battle over classroom learning during the coronavirus pandemic. The nation’s third-largest district plans a gradual return to in-person classes starting this month after going remote last March, which the Chicago …

Newsom promises $2 billion in hopes of reopening elementary schools beginning in February
3 years, 11 months ago

Newsom promises $2 billion in hopes of reopening elementary schools beginning in February

LA Times  

California students in kindergarten through second grade would be allowed back on campus when pandemic conditions improved under a proposal announced. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced a $2-billion package of incentives to encourage a return to in-person classes for California elementary school students as early as mid-February, an effort that could require frequent coronavirus testing for students, teachers and staff. …

Opinion: Teachers are more than Covid data points
4 years ago

Opinion: Teachers are more than Covid data points

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Alexandra Robbins is an education reporter and the author of eight books, including the New York Times bestseller “The Nurses.” She is currently at work on a book about K-12 teachers. In a statement emailed to New York City outlet THE CITY in response to questions in May about how the Department of Education had handled the situation, …

Washington state urges schools phase in classroom learning
4 years ago

Washington state urges schools phase in classroom learning

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is loosening school reopening guidelines amid a resurging coronavirus pandemic and pleading with reluctant teachers to return to the classroom, particularly those tasked with educating the youngest and neediest students. Inslee, a Democrat, unveiled the state’s latest reopening standards on Wednesday, which urge schools to begin phasing in in-person learning no matter what the …

Biden vows to reopen most schools after 1st 100 days on job
4 years ago

Biden vows to reopen most schools after 1st 100 days on job

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden pledged Tuesday to bring the coronavirus pandemic under enough control to open most of the nation’s schools during his first 100 days as president — going much further on the issue than he has in the past, even while warning that the U.S. is facing a “dark winter.” The president-elect said that promise is dependent on …

New York City schools reopen from December 7 in phased manner
4 years ago

New York City schools reopen from December 7 in phased manner

Live Mint  

Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that New York City schools will begin a phased reopening on Dec. 7, abandoning the 3% positive test rate threshold for Covid-19 he set earlier for closing the schools. “And I feel for all our parents who are experiencing so many challenges right now.” Under the new plan, testing will be required weekly in …

New York City Public Schools Will Begin to Reopen With Weekly Covid-19 Testing
4 years ago

New York City Public Schools Will Begin to Reopen With Weekly Covid-19 Testing

News 18  

New York City’s public schools will begin to reopen for in-person learning on December 7, starting with elementary schools, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Sunday. The schools, which make up the country’s largest school system, were closed less than two weeks ago after the citywide rate of coronavirus tests coming back positive exceeded a 3% benchmark agreed to by …

Newport-Mesa Unified middle and high schools will not reopen Monday, administrators ask for more time
4 years, 2 months ago

Newport-Mesa Unified middle and high schools will not reopen Monday, administrators ask for more time

LA Times  

Julia Graham, left, and Karla Rivera hold signs in protest outside of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District offices in Costa Mesa on Thursday. Students and parents protest a proposed delay of secondary school reopenings outside of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District offices in Costa Mesa on Thursday. Students and parents protest outside of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District offices in …

Schools reopening from September 21 amid pandemic can be a matter of grave concern: Here's why
4 years, 3 months ago

Schools reopening from September 21 amid pandemic can be a matter of grave concern: Here's why

India Today  

Coronavirus is here to stay and we have to learn to live with this problem. Before we reopen, we need to concentrate on the three major stakeholders, namely the parents, teachers and the students; a lot needs to be done in terms of mentoring, counselling capacity building and assessments. Take a deep breath parents: Parents' emotional counselling Parents being one …

Teachers’ unions are leading the push for more school coronavirus protections
4 years, 4 months ago

Teachers’ unions are leading the push for more school coronavirus protections

CNN  

CNN — The federal government’s push to reopen schools while Covid-19 is still widespread is meeting tough resistance from powerful groups with deeply personal interests: teachers and their unions. That’s why more and more schools are opening remotely.” Unions push back in 3 largest school districts In New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, the nation’s three largest school districts, the …

US: Cuomo clears careful reopening of New York schools
4 years, 4 months ago

US: Cuomo clears careful reopening of New York schools

Al Jazeera  

Cuomo touted New York’s statewide success in authorising a return to classrooms for the start of the new school year. Children in New York state, including in the largest school district in the United States, will be allowed to return to classrooms for the start of the new school year, New York’s governor said on Friday, citing the state’s success …

What the top 15 school districts are doing to reopen
4 years, 4 months ago

What the top 15 school districts are doing to reopen

CNN  

CNN — Of the 15 biggest school districts in the country, 13 have opted to begin the school year with online learning only. Hybrid model New York City school officials have sent plans to the state for each of the city’s 1,800 schools, and those still need approval, Mayor Bill de Blasio said August 4 on CNN. ‘I don’t want …

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