Despite fewer virus cases, Hawaii hesitant to open schools
4 years, 8 months ago

Despite fewer virus cases, Hawaii hesitant to open schools

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — The principal of the only school on Lanai thought reopening with full, in-person instruction next month was a no brainer: The Hawaiian island has had no confirmed coronavirus cases, and breezes flow through many of the school’s classrooms. While Hawaii has one of the lowest rates of cases per capita in the country and many schools have open-air campuses, the challenges of returning kids full time to classrooms may still be insurmountable. State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Park said it’s currently safe to start the school year, but she cautioned against letting guards down — even in open-air classrooms. A handful of schools in Hawaii, like Manoa Elementary in a lush Honolulu valley, are in a prized position and plan to fully return to in-person instruction: The school has generous classroom space, and breezes flow freely through wide-open windows and doors.

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Gun Violence On Oahu’s West Side Has Parents And Teachers Worried About School Safety
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Gun Violence On Oahu’s West Side Has Parents And Teachers Worried About School Safety

Associated Press  

A few hours into the first day of school, teachers at Waianae High School scrambled to close their classroom doors and put the campus on lockdown as police responded to a critical shooting in the nearby boat harbor. While other islands already staff many middle and high schools with armed police officers, staff shortages have prevented similar partnerships between Oahu …

Staffing shortages persist as Hawaii’s effort to expand preschool moves forward
9 months, 1 week ago

Staffing shortages persist as Hawaii’s effort to expand preschool moves forward

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — When the new school year begins in August, more than 800 Hawaii children will gain access to free public preschool. Education advocates say it’s a crucial step in supporting Hawaii’s children and families, but that more needs to be done to grow the teacher workforce and support existing preschool programs. Hawaii needs more teachers in early education, and …

Some schools hit hard by virus make few changes for new year
2 years, 8 months ago

Some schools hit hard by virus make few changes for new year

Associated Press  

As a new school year approaches, COVID-19 infections are again on the rise, fueled by highly transmissible variants, filling families with dread. “We don’t anticipate significant changes to our plan; we don’t anticipate significant disruptions,” said Charles Herndon, a Baltimore County Public Schools spokesperson. “We firmly believe that with the protocols we have in place that we’re going to be …

Some schools hit hard by virus make few changes for new year
2 years, 8 months ago

Some schools hit hard by virus make few changes for new year

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 Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We don’t anticipate significant changes to our plan; we …

State schools need our urgent attention
3 years ago

State schools need our urgent attention

Hindustan Times  

Close to four million students shifted to State-run schools in 2020-21, according to the Union ministry of education’s Unified District Information System for Education report. The report shows that the bulk of the drop in the enrolment from pre-primary to Class 12 was found in the early classes and that nearly 75% of schools did not have internet facilities and …

Back to School: Teachers Stressed, Overworked as Schools Function in Both Online, Offline Modes
3 years, 1 month ago

Back to School: Teachers Stressed, Overworked as Schools Function in Both Online, Offline Modes

News 18  

After the reopening of schools following the third wave of the Covid-19 outbreak, schools have allowed students the option to choose between online and offline classes. Many schools across states have reopened their campus for students, however, attending offline classes is no compulsion and online classes are also being offered. For example, offline students submitted their work in hard copy …

School reopening pressure mounts on governments
3 years, 2 months ago

School reopening pressure mounts on governments

India Today  

Covid-19 pandemic doesn't seem to end. The union government is working on a model for staggered opening of schools for physical classes following all Covid-19 related protocols, sources said on Thursday. Parents demanding schools to reopen "As parents have been demanding the opening of schools, the union government is working on a model for staggered opening of schools following all …

Hawaii changes virus isolation, quarantine times in schools
3 years, 2 months ago

Hawaii changes virus isolation, quarantine times in schools

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — Hawaii public schools are changing their COVID-19 isolation and quarantine rules to allow for shorter periods of time out of class. In alignment with new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, state health and education officials announced Tuesday that students, teachers and staff who test positive for COVID-19 will now be required to isolate or …

About 800 of Hawaii’s 12,000 public school teachers out sick
3 years, 2 months ago

About 800 of Hawaii’s 12,000 public school teachers out sick

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — At least 800 Hawaii public school teachers were out sick this week, officials said. Interim Superintendent Keith Hayashi said the schools are seeing disruptions because of the COVID-19 omicron variant, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. The 1,600 total absences represents about 12% of Hawaii’s 12,000 public school teachers. Osa Tui Jr., head of the Hawaii State Teachers Association, said …

Schools fully open in 22 States, Union Territories
3 years, 4 months ago

Schools fully open in 22 States, Union Territories

The Hindu  

Schools have reopened for Classes 1 to 12 in 22 States and Union Territories, the Education Ministry said on Tuesday. Over 92% of school teachers across the country have been vaccinated, and 86% of non-teaching staff in schools, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said after conducting a review of the vaccination status. “With rapid vaccination at-scale in the country, we are …

Go Beyond the Syllabus: As Schools Reopen, Children Need Help to Adjust to New Normal
3 years, 5 months ago

Go Beyond the Syllabus: As Schools Reopen, Children Need Help to Adjust to New Normal

News 18  

When schools were shut down seventeen months ago, no one could have predicted how long classes would remain suspended. They apparently feel that their online pedagogy is adequately protecting children from ‘learning loss’. If an achievement survey can prove this, critics of online teaching will be silenced along with those who think that the prolonged school closure has led to …

Schools in Pondy to reopen on Nov 8 for classes 1 to 8
3 years, 5 months ago

Schools in Pondy to reopen on Nov 8 for classes 1 to 8

Hindustan Times  

Puducherry Education Minister A Namassivayam on Wednesday announced here that all government and privately managed schools in the union territory and its outlying regions of Karaikal and Yanam would reopen on November 8 to conduct physical classes for students of grade 1 to 8. Schools in Pondy to reopen on Nov 8 for classes 1 to 8 The Minister told …

Outbreaks strand some students at home with minimal learning
3 years, 6 months ago

Outbreaks strand some students at home with minimal learning

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Within his first week back at school after a year and a half, 7-year-old Ben Medlin was exposed to a classmate with COVID-19, and he was sent home, along with 7,000 other students in the district, for 14 days of quarantine. As coronavirus outbreaks driven by the delta variant lead districts around the U.S. to abruptly shut …

Some Hawaii private schools requiring COVID-19 vaccinations
3 years, 7 months ago

Some Hawaii private schools requiring COVID-19 vaccinations

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — Some private schools in Hawaii have mandated COVID-19 vaccines for students, faculty and staff members. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Parker School in Waimea on the Big Island announced earlier this month all employees and eligible students must be vaccinated by Oct. 1. On Oahu, ’Iolani School is requiring all eligible students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated or …

As Schools Begin to Unlock, Teachers Will be Frontline Warriors—But They Must be Trained
3 years, 7 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 …

Back to class, tenuously, as states begin reopening schools
3 years, 8 months ago

Back to class, tenuously, as states begin reopening schools

India Today  

When the pandemic struck in March last year, as many as 15 lakh schools were shuttered across India’s 28 states and eight union territories. Regardless of online schooling wherever possible, the closures left 28.60 crore students physically away from pre-primary to upper secondary classes. The disadvantages are disproportionate for underprivileged learners who tend to have fewer educational opportunities beyond school.” …

Covid-19 child cases are again rising as schools gear up to reopen. But vaccines for the youngest are still months away
3 years, 8 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 …

Maryland Board of Education wants all schools open this fall
3 years, 11 months ago

Maryland Board of Education wants all schools open this fall

Associated Press  

BALTIMORE — The Maryland State Board of Education is calling for all schools to reopen for in-person instruction five days a week this fall, according to a resolution approved Tuesday. State school board president Clarence Crawford said the resolution is not legally binding, but is a warning to school systems that state regulations requiring schools to be open for all …

Governor, LAUSD plot strategies for post-pandemic education. Think more days in class
3 years, 11 months ago

Governor, LAUSD plot strategies for post-pandemic education. Think more days in class

LA Times  

Kindergartener Jesus Mendez has his temperature taken Tuesday morning at Heliotrope Avenue Elementary as administrators look on. The tentative proposal to extend the Los Angeles school year calls for adding six additional days for students and four additional training days for teachers. Chief of Schools David Baca said he’s also received those same calls and emails but that the district’s …

‘Zoom in a Room’? California’s schools lag in reopening push
3 years, 11 months ago

‘Zoom in a Room’? California’s schools lag in reopening push

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Frustrated parents in San Francisco have coined a new phrase for their latest classroom reality: “Zoom in a Room.” In Los Angeles, students can start going back to school in person, but more than half say they will stick with distance learning. More than a year after the coronavirus pandemic forced California’s classrooms to close, some of …

Survey: Even as schools reopen, many students learn remotely
3 years, 11 months ago

Survey: Even as schools reopen, many students learn remotely

Associated Press  

Large numbers of students are not returning to the classroom even as more schools reopen for full-time, in-person learning, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Biden administration. Nearly 46% of public schools offered five days a week of in-person learning to all students in February, according to the survey, but just 34% of students were learning full time …

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

L.A. school board approves deal with teachers to reopen campuses by mid-April
4 years ago

L.A. school board approves deal with teachers to reopen campuses by mid-April

LA Times  

The Los Angeles school board on Thursday unanimously approved a deal with the teachers union that aims to reopen elementary schools in mid-April and middle and high schools in late April or early May. Elementary school students would have the option of returning to campus Monday through Friday for three hours of live, in-person interaction with their teacher and classmates. …

Oregon governor ordering teachers to return to classroom
4 years ago

Oregon governor ordering teachers to return to classroom

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Gov. Rene Gonzalez, with a parent group called Ed300 that has called for a return to full-time in-person learning five days a week, said teachers’ unions have been inflexible and the state education and health officials had set up “insurmountable barriers” for to a return to classrooms for too long. “We will not rest until every …

New California law aims to put kids in class. Will it work?
4 years ago

New California law aims to put kids in class. Will it work?

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s public schools can tap into $6.6 billion in a plan Gov. Chicago and New York City, the nation’s largest school district, have now reopened classrooms to elementary school students, but neither city has a plan for high school students. OpenSchoolsCA, a parents’ group that has advocated for in-person schooling, called the legislation “another failed attempt” at …

Deal reached to get California children back in classrooms
4 years ago

Deal reached to get California children back in classrooms

Associated Press  

ELK GROVE, Calif. — The majority of California’s 6.1 million public school students could be back in the classroom by April under new legislation announced Monday by Gov. “You can’t reopen your economy unless you get your schools reopened for in-person instruction,” said Newsom, who announced the deal with state Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony …

Things to Know: States ease restrictions despite warnings
4 years ago

Things to Know: States ease restrictions despite warnings

The Independent  

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School reopening: Here’s why it’s so hard
4 years, 1 month 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, …

Seattle delays classroom return until at least March 8
4 years, 1 month ago

Seattle delays classroom return until at least March 8

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — Seattle Public Schools is delaying a return to the classroom for its youngest students during the coronavirus pandemic by at least a week because it has yet to reach an agreement with the teachers’ union. KOMO reports that last year, the Seattle School Board ordered its staff to begin working on a plan to allow students and teachers …

Families demand wider school reopening as LAUSD moves toward limited in-person instruction
4 years, 1 month ago

Families demand wider school reopening as LAUSD moves toward limited in-person instruction

LA Times  

A third-grader at Warner Avenue Elementary School participates in a demonstration at the Federal Building to pressure the L.A. Unified School District to bring students back for in-person instruction. “In anticipation of a more complete reopening of schools in April, we will begin next week to offer child care, one-on-one and small group instruction; services for students with special needs; …

Why is California rushing to reopen its schools? Most simply aren't ready
4 years, 1 month ago

Why is California rushing to reopen its schools? Most simply aren't ready

Salon  

It's sorely tempting to reduce California's ragged school reopening effort to a couple of central forces. "Everything is at the order of the district and the county," said Chris Nixon, a teacher in the giant Elk Grove Unified School District near Sacramento. But these actions also obscure the real-time issues that are an impediment to any school district going fully …

CDC: Strong evidence in-person schooling can be done safely
4 years, 1 month ago

CDC: Strong evidence in-person schooling can be done safely

Associated Press  

The nation’s top public health agency said Friday that in-person schooling can resume safely with masks, social distancing and other strategies, and vaccination of teachers, while important, is not a prerequisite for reopening. “We know that most clusters in the school setting have occurred when there are breaches in mask wearing,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the CDC’s director, said in a …

Schools can reopen before teachers are vaccinated, CDC chief says
4 years, 1 month 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 …

Washington state urges schools phase in classroom learning
4 years, 3 months 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 …

Pandemic vs Prolonged Screen Time: Parents, Teachers Caught in a Catch 22 Over Schools Reopening
4 years, 4 months ago

Pandemic vs Prolonged Screen Time: Parents, Teachers Caught in a Catch 22 Over Schools Reopening

News 18  

New Delhi: Delhi resident Lalit Kumar, whose two children are admitted in different private schools, finds himself in a big dilemma when asked if he would want his kids to be sent back to schools once they reopen. Although the central government has issued guidelines for appropriate screen time, parents complain that in private schools children often remain in front …

Op-Ed: Getting kids back in classrooms should be a top pandemic priority, LAUSD superintendent says
4 years, 4 months ago

Op-Ed: Getting kids back in classrooms should be a top pandemic priority, LAUSD superintendent says

LA Times  

Priscilla Guerrero, 9, uses a laptop computer for her fourth-grade Los Angeles Unified School District online class in her bedroom during remote learning lessons at home in Boyle Heights. Prioritizing education requires every Californian — from the governor down — to take the steps necessary to lower community transmission to a level where it’s appropriate for kids and teachers to …

Back to school? How states are reacting to restarting classes amid Covid-19 pandemic
4 years, 5 months ago

Back to school? How states are reacting to restarting classes amid Covid-19 pandemic

Live Mint  

New Delhi: While the Central government has given a go ahead for graded reopening of schools from October 15, many states including Delhi, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh have decided against it while others such as Haryana and Meghalaya are still unsure and are assessing the situation in view of the rising number of COVID-19 cases. The Uttar Pradesh government has announced …

Coronavirus: Nearly one in five state secondary schools not fully open, government figures show
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus: Nearly one in five state secondary schools not fully open, government figures show

The Independent  

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Facing state pressure, Miami schools OK reopening next week
4 years, 5 months ago

Facing state pressure, Miami schools OK reopening next week

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Faced with a state ultimatum, the Miami-Dade school board agreed unanimously to reopen schools for classroom instruction next week despite looming fears that they’re unprepared to prevent another spike in coronavirus infections. Corcoran’s letter objected to a previous board decision to postpone classroom instruction, perhaps until late October, so that more safety measures could be implemented and personal …

One in six state secondary schools not fully open, figures show
4 years, 6 months ago

One in six state secondary schools not fully open, figures show

The Independent  

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Teachers’ unions are leading the push for more school coronavirus protections
4 years, 7 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 …

What we learned from the US schools that have reopened
4 years, 7 months ago

What we learned from the US schools that have reopened

CNN  

CNN — Desks are spaced 6 feet apart, temperature checks are routine and students lunch together in small groups. More students and teachers are testing positive for Covid-19 Over the last four weeks, there has been a 90% increase in the number of Covid-19 cases among children in the United States, according to a recent analysis by the American Academy …

Hawaii teachers union names schools with virus cases
4 years, 7 months ago

Hawaii teachers union names schools with virus cases

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — Hawaii’s teachers union said Tuesday that it has learned of nine campuses with recent coronavirus cases and that state officials need to publicize them as instruction is set to begin in less than a week. The union learned of the cases from teachers, Hawaii State Teachers Association President Corey Rosenlee said. “Are there other schools with active cases?” …

US: Cuomo clears careful reopening of New York schools
4 years, 7 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 …

US parents struggle as schools reopen amid coronavirus surge
4 years, 7 months ago

US parents struggle as schools reopen amid coronavirus surge

Al Jazeera  

Some schools will be online only, others have full in-person instruction, many schools are planning a hybrid approach. “This is the hardest it’s been.” The Adamus children are among tens of thousands of students in Georgia and across the nation who were set to resume in-person school Monday for the first time since March. The Georgia High School Association, in …

US coronavirus: Safety plans already put to the test as some communities start the school year
4 years, 7 months ago

US coronavirus: Safety plans already put to the test as some communities start the school year

CNN  

CNN — Health experts on Saturday continued to urge communities to use caution and planning when considering whether to send students back to school, after the US got its first glimpse this week at how Covid-19 could reshape education. Video Ad Feedback SE Cupp: School precautions sound dystopian but likely necessary 14:39 - Source: CNN SE Cupp: School precautions sound …

What the top 15 school districts are doing to reopen
4 years, 8 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 …

Seattle superintendent urges no in-person schooling for fall
4 years, 8 months ago

Seattle superintendent urges no in-person schooling for fall

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — Seattle’s school district superintendent has decided against having students return to the classroom in the new year school, saying the prospect of in-person learning is impossible amid rising coronavirus infection rates. Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Denise Juneau announced Wednesday that she’s recommending a fully remote learning model when school resumes in the fall. “The current trajectory of infection …

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