Zoom overload, COVID-19 hardship: Thousands of kindergartners are no-shows at local schools
4 years, 3 months ago

Zoom overload, COVID-19 hardship: Thousands of kindergartners are no-shows at local schools

LA Times  

In a file photo, kindergarten teacher Adriana Rosas is shown with her students, who are having fun and learning at Aloha Health Medical Academy in Lakewood. Kindergarten enrollment is down sharply in Los Angeles public schools and elsewhere, signaling that many parents of the state’s youngest students face heavy burdens with online learning and may be opting out of traditional public schools or moving out of L.A. amid the coronavirus crisis. Austin Beutner said there’s a correlation in L.A. Unified between enrollment decline and communities already hard hit by coronavirus illness and economic hardship. “We suspect some of this is because families may lack the ability to provide full-time support at home for online learning, which is necessary for very young learners.” Parents’ struggles can become intense. Some parents question the worth of online education versus “what you’d find in a classroom where children are socializing, playing with blocks, learning how to take turns and sharing and making friends,” Smith said.

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California public school enrollment drops again, but transitional kindergarten is up
7 months, 1 week ago

California public school enrollment drops again, but transitional kindergarten is up

LA Times  

Transitional kindergarten students clap with teacher Matilde Lopez, right, and coach Claudia Mesa, left, on the first day of school at Weemes Elementary in Los Angeles. Enrollment at California’s public schools continued to decline this year, but by only.25%, or 15,000 students, state data showed, a much slower pace than the steep declines experienced during difficult pandemic years when classes …

Many kids are still skipping kindergarten. Since the pandemic, some parents don’t see the point
1 year ago

Many kids are still skipping kindergarten. Since the pandemic, some parents don’t see the point

Associated Press  

CONCORD, Calif. — Aylah Levy had some catching up to do this fall when she started first grade. And for many, kindergarten simply is no longer the assumed first step in a child’s formal education, another sign of the way the pandemic and online learning upended the U.S. school system. “If I put her in public school, I would have …

US grapples with attendance crisis as millions of kids miss weeks of school
1 year, 4 months ago

US grapples with attendance crisis as millions of kids miss weeks of school

Hindustan Times  

When in-person school resumed after pandemic closures, Rousmery Negrón and her 11-year-old son both noticed a change: School seemed less welcoming. More than a quarter of students missed at least 10% of the 2021-22 school year, making them chronically absent, according to the most recent data available. Some of the things that prevent students from getting to school are consistent …

California public school enrollment continues decline, still reeling from pandemic plunge
1 year, 8 months ago

California public school enrollment continues decline, still reeling from pandemic plunge

LA Times  

Enrollment at California public schools has continued to decline this academic year, without any recovery from the steep drops seen during the pandemic — although the pace of the decrease has slowed. “We haven’t seen — and are unlikely to see anytime in the near future — a bounce back from the substantial loss in public school enrollment that occurred …

Opinion: California gave up on mandating COVID vaccines for schoolchildren. Here’s why that’s wise
1 year, 9 months ago

Opinion: California gave up on mandating COVID vaccines for schoolchildren. Here’s why that’s wise

LA Times  

A California Supreme Court decision last week reaffirmed that individual school districts lack the authority to require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Unlike the other vaccines required for school enrollment in California, the COVID vaccines are unreliable at preventing infection or transmission, providing at best modest protection against infection for only a couple of months. We never had any …

About 152,000 California school-age children unaccounted for, research shows
1 year, 10 months ago

About 152,000 California school-age children unaccounted for, research shows

LA Times  

Despite being homeless, Antoinnyca Daniels, with help from a school principal, has managed to keep her children, Aiden Abiy, 8, and Amore Daniels, 4, in school. “Public school enrollment fell dramatically during the first two school years of the COVID-19 pandemic, with losses concentrated among the youngest students,” wrote Dee about the national picture in an essay accompanying the research. …

More Students Enrolled in Govt Schools Post Pandemic; Learning Levels of Classes 3-5 Drop: ASER
1 year, 11 months ago

More Students Enrolled in Govt Schools Post Pandemic; Learning Levels of Classes 3-5 Drop: ASER

News 18  

The number of students enrolled in schools in the 6-14 age-group increased to 98.4% in 2022 from 97.2% in 2018, with a higher number of children enrolled in government schools than private schools. Also, there is an alarming drop in learning levels in classes 3 and 5, as per the findings of the Annual Status of Education Report 2022 that …

Massive learning setbacks show COVID’s sweeping toll on kids
2 years, 1 month ago

Massive learning setbacks show COVID’s sweeping toll on kids

Associated Press  

The COVID-19 pandemic devastated poor children’s well-being, not just by closing their schools, but also by taking away their parents’ jobs, sickening their families and teachers, and adding chaos and fear to their daily lives. The local school district this year set aside an hour every day for intervention, when struggling students can receive small-group tutoring, said Memphis-Shelby County Public …

Massive learning setbacks show COVID’s sweeping toll on kids across the country, data show
2 years, 1 month ago

Massive learning setbacks show COVID’s sweeping toll on kids across the country, data show

LA Times  

Alberto Carvalho, observes students in Canoga Park as they work at tables in their classrooms. In Los Angeles Unified — the nation’s second largest school district — the loss in math translates to about half a year in learning. “What many districts are doing now is effectively shooting bottle rockets at the moon, launching small-scale interventions, which are directionally correct, …

L.A. Unified enrollment continues to fall, but drop is cushioned by influx of 4-year-olds
2 years, 2 months ago

L.A. Unified enrollment continues to fall, but drop is cushioned by influx of 4-year-olds

LA Times  

A high school student from Maywood Center for Enriched Studies magnet school speaks during a lunch break. Student enrollment at Los Angeles Unified continued to decline this fall — although less than district officials had predicted — as new state funding expanded transitional kindergarten to more 4-year-olds. Alberto Carvalho said the enrollment of 422,276 — spanning from transitional kindergarten through …

State school pupils twice as likely to feel behind with learning after Covid pandemic, study shows
2 years, 2 months ago

State school pupils twice as likely to feel behind with learning after Covid pandemic, study shows

The Independent  

State school pupils are twice as likely to feel behind on learning than private school peers, according to a landmark survey into the impact of the Covid pandemic on education. The study is following thousands of students through education to assess the ongoing impact of the Covid pandemic and differences between state and private school pupils. The impact of the …

Revealed: Schoolchildren hardest hit by Covid lockdowns
2 years, 2 months ago

Revealed: Schoolchildren hardest hit by Covid lockdowns

The Telegraph  

The schoolchildren hit hardest by lockdowns are revealed on Thursday in the largest study of its kind. Meanwhile, state school pupils were more than twice as likely to feel that they have fallen behind their classmates, at 37 per cent, compared to the 15 per cent of pupils at independent schools who believed they had fallen behind their peers. The …

Some schools hit hard by virus make few changes for new year
2 years, 4 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 …

Study: Student gains last year narrowed COVID learning gap
2 years, 5 months ago

Study: Student gains last year narrowed COVID learning gap

Associated Press  

Despite a year of disruptions, students largely made academic gains this past year that paralleled their growth pre-pandemic and outpaced the previous school year, according to new research released Tuesday from NWEA, a nonprofit research group that administers standardized tests. The study found that if rebounding occurs at the same pace it did in the 2021-2022 school year, the timeline …

Homeschooling surge continues despite schools reopening
2 years, 8 months ago

Homeschooling surge continues despite schools reopening

Associated Press  

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The coronavirus pandemic ushered in what may be the most rapid rise in homeschooling the U.S. has ever seen. Of the 18 states whose enrollment data included the current school year, all but one state said homeschooling declined from the previous year but remained well above pre-pandemic levels.. Minnesota, for example, reported that 27,801 students are being …

California public school enrollment spirals, dropping by 110,000 students this year
2 years, 8 months ago

California public school enrollment spirals, dropping by 110,000 students this year

LA Times  

Students read during class at Pomelo Community Charter School, a K-5 campus in West Hills. California public school enrollment has dropped for the fifth year in a row — a decline of more than 110,000 students — as K-12 campuses struggle against pandemic disruptions and a shrinking population of school-age kids amid wide concerns that the decrease is so large …

California schools face funding crisis as student population declines
2 years, 11 months ago

California schools face funding crisis as student population declines

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom projected another year of record funding for schools during his budget presentation on Monday but warned that some districts could be in financial trouble as student enrollment continues to decline. Newsom’s budget proposal pointed to a state population decline driven by plummeting birth rates that have “eroded” K-12 enrollment projections, and proposed tweaking California’s decades-old education funding formula …

Covid-19 Pushes Kids Out of Schools, Parents Still Willing to Pay for Tuition: ASER Report
3 years, 1 month ago

Covid-19 Pushes Kids Out of Schools, Parents Still Willing to Pay for Tuition: ASER Report

News 18  

As the schools across India remain shut due to the Covid-19 pandemic, students had resorted to supplementary classes including coaching or tuition. Read | Pandemic Pushed Students from Private to Govt Schools, More Girls Than Boys: ASER Report Even as economic disruptions may have moved children out of private schools, parents were still ready to pay for tuition. “It is …

Editorial: LAUSD is shrinking. That could be a good thing
3 years, 2 months ago

Editorial: LAUSD is shrinking. That could be a good thing

LA Times  

Students make their way to the front door of Normont Elementary School on the first day of in-class instruction on Aug. 16, as LAUSD officials welcomed back children and teachers. After schools closed for the pandemic, and after years of declining birth rates, everyone expected enrollment to drop even further this year in the Los Angeles Unified School District. About …

COVID-19 creates dire US shortage of teachers, school staff
3 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 creates dire US shortage of teachers, school staff

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — One desperate California school district is sending flyers home in students’ lunchboxes, telling parents it’s “now hiring.” Elsewhere, principals are filling in as crossing guards, teachers are being offered signing bonuses and schools are moving back to online learning. The lack of teachers is “really a nationwide issue and definitely a statewide issue,” said Linda Darling-Hammond, president …

How school closures have hurt our less fortunate students more
3 years, 3 months ago

How school closures have hurt our less fortunate students more

Live Mint  

With most Indian schools shut for the past year and a half, children from poor households, particularly those from marginalized backgrounds, are rapidly forgetting what they had learned before the pandemic, new survey data suggests. Previous surveys during the pandemic have also reported learning setbacks, but the latest one comes at a time when children are preparing to advance two …

Mexico says 5.2 million dropped out of school in the pandemic
3 years, 4 months ago

Mexico says 5.2 million dropped out of school in the pandemic

Live Mint  

Mexico’s president is on a drive to convince people to send their kids back to school in September, and on Friday the government released some frightening figures on what the effects of the pandemic have been on schoolchildren. The Interior Department says a total of 5.2 million students under 18 did not register for classes last year, and that domestic …

Mexico says 5.2 million children dropped out of school in pandemic
3 years, 4 months ago

Mexico says 5.2 million children dropped out of school in pandemic

LA Times  

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks Friday during a ceremony to celebrate the Aztec Empire capital of Tenochtitlán, known today as Mexico City, as the country marks the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says children need to be back in physical classrooms for social development as much as academic reasons. But given that …

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 …

India’s Covid generation: the children facing two years out of school
3 years, 5 months ago

India’s Covid generation: the children facing two years out of school

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. “Many of my children are …

New Mexico home schoolers drive drop in enrollment, funding
3 years, 5 months ago

New Mexico home schoolers drive drop in enrollment, funding

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — Home schooling nearly doubled in New Mexico last year as thousands of parents opted out of virtual learning programs offered in public schools. The home-schooling data validates a Census survey that found home schooling doubled in New Mexico and across the U.S. Because federal and state education funding is pegged to student enrollment, a retreat from …

After enrollment dips, public schools hope for fall rebound
3 years, 6 months ago

After enrollment dips, public schools hope for fall rebound

Associated Press  

Ashley Pearce’s daughter was set to start kindergarten last year in Maryland’s Montgomery County school system. “It’s going to be fine if we stay where we are, and that stability for my family is probably the way we’re going to go.” As many parents across the U.S. weigh the same concerns, school districts that lost enrollment during the pandemic are …

After enrollment dips, public schools hope for fall rebound
3 years, 6 months ago

After enrollment dips, public schools hope for fall rebound

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It’s going to be fine if we stay where we are, and …

California has the largest drop in spring college enrollment numbers in the nation
3 years, 6 months ago

California has the largest drop in spring college enrollment numbers in the nation

LA Times  

College enrollment for the spring dropped across the nation, with California seeing the biggest numeric decline. California leads the nation with the largest drop in spring 2021 college enrollment numbers largely due to a steep decline in community college students, who have particularly struggled with pandemic hardships, according to a report released Thursday. The decline in community college students accounts …

Kindergarten declines fuel steep drop in public school enrollment amid pandemic
3 years, 8 months ago

Kindergarten declines fuel steep drop in public school enrollment amid pandemic

LA Times  

A kindergarten teacher collects crayons from students at Lupine Hill Elementary School in Calabasas last November. The pandemic has intensified a multiyear trend of dwindling public school student enrollment statewide, causing a steep drop this year with more than a third of the decline stemming from 61,000 no-show kindergarteners. Other districts where enrollment increased include Placer Union High School District, …

Survey: Even as schools reopen, many students learn remotely
3 years, 8 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 …

Thousands of students have dropped out of school due to Covid-19. These are the educators trying to track them down
3 years, 9 months ago

Thousands of students have dropped out of school due to Covid-19. These are the educators trying to track them down

CNN  

CNN — The first thing you need to know about dropping out of school is that it doesn’t happen all at once. Enrollment is down across the board,” said Jessica Irving-Marin of Youth Empowerment Project, a program which helps high school students who can’t or won’t go to traditional school pass the equivalent of the GED administered in Louisiana. “What …

Here’s why some Covid-19 numbers keep improving. (Hint: It’s not widespread vaccinations)
3 years, 10 months ago

Here’s why some Covid-19 numbers keep improving. (Hint: It’s not widespread vaccinations)

CNN  

CNN — Kudos to everyone who has been doubling down on mask wearing and social distancing. Since then, Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations have plummeted.Doctors say there are several reasons why: “One, we came off of really high numbers from the holidays,” said Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. “It’s encouraging to see these trends …

Teachers and pupils are struggling, as school shutdown is extended
3 years, 11 months ago

Teachers and pupils are struggling, as school shutdown is extended

Dutch News  

School teachers are becoming increasingly worried about both their pupils and educational standards, now that schools are set to remain closed until at least February 7, according to a string of new reports and surveys. One in three primary school teachers in a survey by DUO said it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep all children involved in online education …

Teachers and pupils are struggling, as school shutdown is extended
3 years, 11 months ago

Teachers and pupils are struggling, as school shutdown is extended

Dutch News  

School teachers are becoming increasingly worried about both their pupils and educational standards, now that schools are set to remain closed until at least February 7, according to a string of new reports and surveys. One in three primary school teachers in a survey by DUO said it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep all children involved in online education …

A nightmare for our poorest that we must wake up to
3 years, 11 months ago

A nightmare for our poorest that we must wake up to

Live Mint  

Have you experienced a nightmare when you suddenly fall, but before you find yourself in a ditch, you are up and relieved that it was merely a nightmare? They never had the luxury of a regular job or one that paid them legally- entitled wages or comfortable living conditions, but they at least had work opportunities that gave them some …

Pandemic played havoc on academics this year
3 years, 11 months ago

Pandemic played havoc on academics this year

Hindustan Times  

Months of lockdown and subsequent measures to curtail to spread of Covid-19 restrictions has derailed the academic sessions of schools and colleges this year. Although online classes and television programmes were tailored for students of government schools, many were deprived of learning due to issues ranging from affordability to accessibility. Aditi Mishra, the principal of Delhi Public School, Sector 45, …

US public school enrollment dips as virus disrupts education
4 years ago

US public school enrollment dips as virus disrupts education

Associated Press  

Fearful of sending her two children back to school as the coronavirus pandemic raged in Mississippi, Angela Atkins decided to give virtual learning a chance this fall. “I was worried for my kids’ mental health.” By taking her children off the public school rolls, Atkins joined an exodus that one state schools chief has warned could become a national crisis. …

More pupils attending state schools, government figures show, as lockdown ‘has positive effect’
4 years ago

More pupils attending state schools, government figures show, as lockdown ‘has positive effect’

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The number …

Coronavirus: Hull’s school system on ‘brink of collapse’ as infection rates spiral among students and staff
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus: Hull’s school system on ‘brink of collapse’ as infection rates spiral among students and staff

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hull’s entire school system is “on the brink of collapse” …

With COVID-19 surging, schools suspend in-person education
4 years, 1 month ago

With COVID-19 surging, schools suspend in-person education

Associated Press  

With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the state spiking to record levels, bus drivers and teachers in quarantine, students getting sick and the holidays looming, Schools Superintendent Scott Hanback in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, made a tough decision this week. ‘’It has been very, very difficult,’’ Hanback said, adding that he has been doing ‘’a lot of prayer, rest and trying …

Returning US school children face battery of coronavirus tests
4 years, 2 months ago

Returning US school children face battery of coronavirus tests

Al Jazeera  

Amid rise in infections among children, largest school districts in US roll out ambitious, costly plans to test students and staff for COVID-19. The two largest school districts in the United States are rolling out ambitious and costly plans to test students and staff for the novel coronavirus, bidding to help keep school buildings open amid a rise in infections …

Children comprise 10% of COVID-19 cases in US, up from 2% in April; authorities worry trend fuelled by school reopenings
4 years, 2 months ago

Children comprise 10% of COVID-19 cases in US, up from 2% in April; authorities worry trend fuelled by school reopenings

Firstpost  

As of Monday, CDC counted over 4,35,000 cases in children and 93 deaths, with less than two percent of the infected requiring hospitalisation After preying heavily on the elderly in the spring, the coronavirus is increasingly infecting American children and teens in a trend authorities say appears fueled by school reopenings and the resumption of sports, playdates and other activities. …

US parents delaying preschool and kindergarten amid pandemic
4 years, 2 months ago

US parents delaying preschool and kindergarten amid pandemic

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. Kindergarten isn't required in most states, and in normal …

LAUSD kindergarten enrollment plummets for online school
4 years, 3 months ago

LAUSD kindergarten enrollment plummets for online school

LA Times  

Gardner Elementary coordinator Lali Oustinovskaya, seated, talks with parent Byata Dikker at a technology and supply pickup event before the start of the school year at the Hollywood campus. Enrollment at the Los Angeles Unified School District has continued its downward trend for the 2020-21 academic year, with the decline in kindergarten enrollment — especially in the school system’s lowest-income …

As World Grapples With Pandemic, Schools, Universities Are the Epicenter
4 years, 3 months ago

As World Grapples With Pandemic, Schools, Universities Are the Epicenter

News 18  

The world is settling into a new normal for everyday life amid the coronavirus pandemic: online school classes, intermittent Zoom outages, museums that will only allow about a quarter of their usual visitors. Lafayette County School District Superintendent Adam Pugh said the district notified the families of more than 200 fourth grade students at Lafayette Upper Elementary School to quarantine …

COVID-19 outbreaks in children complicate school reopening plans
4 years, 4 months ago

COVID-19 outbreaks in children complicate school reopening plans

Al Jazeera  

Initial evidence suggested that children did not easily spread the virus, but new studies are challenging that view. “It was thought that kids would not be exposed or transmit the virus as efficiently as adults – which is true,” Nasseri told Al Jazeera, “but now it is understood that the viral load in the nose of children even those under …

The cold, hard truth about returning to school (opinion)
4 years, 4 months ago

The cold, hard truth about returning to school (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Barbara Kantrowitz is a senior editor at The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. While other big cities, including Los Angeles and Chicago, are starting the school year remotely, New York – the nation’s largest school district with 1.1 million students – could set the standard for schools where the …

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