Young Chicago students begin return to classroom learning
3 years, 11 months ago

Young Chicago students begin return to classroom learning

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools students began their return to the classroom Monday as school doors opened to thousands of pre-kindergarten and some special education students. The nation’s third-largest district, with about 355,000 students, plans a gradual return to in-person instruction after going remote last March due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Chicago Teachers Union has opposed reopening over safety concerns and hundreds of teachers expected in schools last week ahead of students’ return didn’t show up in protest. District officials argue distance learning doesn’t work well for all, particularly many Black and Latino students who make up the majority of the district.

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Inside the Student-Led Covid Walkouts
2 years, 11 months ago

Inside the Student-Led Covid Walkouts

Wired  

When Ayleen Serrano returned to school after the recent winter break, the 15-year-old came back to nearly empty hallways, absent classmates, and what she describes as a “lifeless” atmosphere. “I feel like my school had failed me,” says Jaiden Briese, a 15-year-old sophomore at Denver Public Schools in Colorado. Days later, a student-led petition demanding safer conditions at Denver Public …

Chicago teachers accept COVID-19 safety deal, keeping kids in school
2 years, 11 months ago

Chicago teachers accept COVID-19 safety deal, keeping kids in school

LA Times  

A student skips as they arrive at Jordan Community Public School in Chicago on Wednesday. Students in the nation’s third-largest district returned to classrooms Wednesday after Chicago Public Schools canceled five days of classes amid a standoff with the teachers union over COVID-19 safety protocols. Their return happened the same day the full membership of the Chicago Teachers Union gave …

Chicago union leaders OK plan to resume in-person class
2 years, 11 months ago

Chicago union leaders OK plan to resume in-person class

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Students are poised to return to Chicago Public Schools after leaders of the teachers union approved a plan with the nation’s third-largest district late Monday over COVID-19 safety protocols, ending a bitter standoff that canceled classes for five days. Earlier Monday, Union President Jesse Sharkey said the union and district remained “apart on a number of key features, …

Chicago union leaders OK plan to resume in-person classes
3 years ago

Chicago union leaders OK plan to resume in-person classes

LA Times  

Members of the Chicago Teachers Union and their supporters stage a car caravan protest outside City Hall last week. Chicago schools are poised to resume classes this week after leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union approved a plan with the district late Monday over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety protocols. “No one wins when students are out.” The Chicago …

In-person classes in Chicago are set to resume Wednesday with a deal on COVID-safety
3 years ago

In-person classes in Chicago are set to resume Wednesday with a deal on COVID-safety

NPR  

In-person classes in Chicago are set to resume Wednesday with a deal on COVID-safety Enlarge this image toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images Students are expected to be back in classrooms on Wednesday in Chicago after five days of canceled classes due to a bitter dispute between the teachers union and city officials. The two groups spent days …

Chicago schools: Public school students will return to classroom Wednesday after teachers union suspends work action, mayor says
3 years ago

Chicago schools: Public school students will return to classroom Wednesday after teachers union suspends work action, mayor says

CNN  

CNN — Chicago teachers will be back in school Tuesday and students are scheduled to return to in-person learning on Wednesday after the Chicago Teachers Union house of delegates voted to end the teachers’ work action over Covid-19 mitigation measures, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said at a Monday night news conference. Earlier, the union representing public school teachers had tweeted: “The …

Chicago mayor, teachers still at odds over COVID protocols
3 years ago

Chicago mayor, teachers still at odds over COVID protocols

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Negotiations resumed Saturday to resolve a standoff between Chicago school officials and the city’s teachers union over COVID-19 precautions that canceled three days of classes, but the public war-of-words between union leaders and Chicago’s mayor showed little sign of easing. We will not relent.” The blunt response came less than an hour after leaders of the Chicago Teachers …

Chicago Public Schools cancels classes for fourth consecutive day
3 years ago

Chicago Public Schools cancels classes for fourth consecutive day

CNN  

CNN — Classes in Chicago will be canceled again Monday, making it the fourth consecutive day students have been out of school as the standoff between the Chicago Teachers Union and City officials drags on amid a Covid-19 surge. We will continue to negotiate through the night and will provide an update if we have made substantial progress.” The decision …

Families despair over post-holiday return to remote learning
3 years ago

Families despair over post-holiday return to remote learning

Associated Press  

DETROIT — Parent Latonya Peterson sums up her frustration over Detroit schools returning — at least temporarily — to virtual learning in three short words: “I hate it.” Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Detroit district this week joined a growing number of others in moving classes online after the winter break. In a letter to parents, Detroit Superintendent …

Families despair over post-holiday return to remote learning
3 years ago

Families despair over post-holiday return to remote learning

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Parent Latonya Peterson sums …

Chicago Cancels School For 3rd Day As City Fights Teachers Union Over COVID Protocols
3 years ago

Chicago Cancels School For 3rd Day As City Fights Teachers Union Over COVID Protocols

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING CHICAGO — Leaders of the nation’s third-largest school district canceled classes for a third consecutive day as heated negotiations continued with the Chicago Teachers Union over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety measures. Chicago school leaders canceled classes in the nation’s third-largest school district for the second straight day after failing to reach an agreement with the …

No deal, no school: Chicago cancels classes for a 2nd day
3 years ago

No deal, no school: Chicago cancels classes for a 2nd day

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Chicago school leaders canceled classes for a second straight day after failing to reach an agreement Wednesday with the teachers union over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety protocols in the nation’s third-largest school district. White House press secretary Jen Psaki, echoing President Joe Biden a day earlier, said Wednesday that the country is better equipped now to …

Chicago principals say they were blindsided by announcement some schools might offer in-person learning Friday
3 years ago

Chicago principals say they were blindsided by announcement some schools might offer in-person learning Friday

CNN  

Chicago CNN — As school district officials and the teachers union continue to negotiate a return to classrooms, Chicago Public Schools announced Thursday that while most schools will be closed again Friday, a few will have in-person learning and activities. The Chicago Public Schools said that one out of 10 teachers had shown up to schools “ready to work” on …

Chicago cancels classes after union backs remote learning
3 years ago

Chicago cancels classes after union backs remote learning

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Leaders of Chicago Public Schools canceled classes Wednesday after the teachers union voted to switch to remote learning due to the surge in COVID-19 cases, the latest development in an escalating battle over pandemic safety protocols in the nation’s third-largest school district. The Chicago Teachers Union’s action, approved by 73% of members, called for remote instruction until “cases …

Chicago students to miss a second day of classes as teachers remain at home
3 years ago

Chicago students to miss a second day of classes as teachers remain at home

CNN  

Chicago CNN — With still no agreement between school system administrators and teachers, some 340,000 students will miss class again Thursday, the Chicago Public Schools CEO said. “We still believe that the right approach is not a district-wide hammer that does a brush across the entire school system calling the schools unsafe which there’s no evidence to show that.” One …

COVID-19 disruptions loom over start of Chicago schools
3 years ago

COVID-19 disruptions loom over start of Chicago schools

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Public school students in Chicago returned to classes Monday after winter break, but the latest COVID-19 surge has escalated a fight between the district and teachers union over safety protocols that could disrupt classes in the nation’s third-largest district later this week. But the Chicago Teachers Union has been critical of the district’s safety measures and planned votes …

It cannot be business as usual once schools reopen: Report
3 years, 4 months ago

It cannot be business as usual once schools reopen: Report

The Hindu  

With lower primary schools closed from March 2020 due to the pandemic, various studies and surveys, including the ASER report published on Monday, have highlighted learning loss among students. Titled, Open Schools, Focus on Recovering Lost Learning: Clear Voice of Teachers, the report is based on a field study in August 2021, covering 363 primary school teachers across five States …

Survey: Even as schools reopen, many students learn remotely
3 years, 9 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 …

What Matters: Schools won’t ever look the way they used to, either
3 years, 9 months ago

What Matters: Schools won’t ever look the way they used to, either

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. In Los Angeles, the teacher’s union approved a plan to get elementary school kids back by mid-April and middle and high school kids by the end of April. A RAND study on districts around the country released last December found 20% of school districts “have already adopted, plan to …

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 …

Many LAUSD parents don’t plan to send kids back to campus, early survey results find
3 years, 9 months ago

Many LAUSD parents don’t plan to send kids back to campus, early survey results find

LA Times  

About half of Los Angeles Unified students will not be returning to campus, based on early, partial results of a parent survey, with more wariness expressed in communities hit hard by COVID-19 and among families with older students whose return options include no escape from online learning. Elementary school students also would have access to supervision outside of those three …

L.A. schools finally have a clear reopening plan. Here is what you need to know
3 years, 10 months ago

L.A. schools finally have a clear reopening plan. Here is what you need to know

LA Times  

Lydia Friend, activist and grandmother to two fifth-graders who attend LAUSD schools, is advocating for schools to reopen. Here is what we know: The basics A tentative agreement reached Tuesday between the teachers union and the L.A. Unified School District offers the clearest framework yet for reopening campuses for students in elementary, middle and high schools. The school day would …

New California law aims to put kids in class. Will it work?
3 years, 10 months 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
3 years, 10 months 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 …

Chicago Public Schools reopen for grades kindergarten through 5
3 years, 10 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, 10 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, …

Bihar schools to reopen for classes 1 to 5 from March 1
3 years, 10 months ago

Bihar schools to reopen for classes 1 to 5 from March 1

India Today  

The government of Bihar has decided to reopen the schools from March 1 for the students of classes 1 to 5, after nearly a year of closure of schools due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government of Bihar has issued a list of Covid-19 guidelines for all the schools to follow for the resumption of classes from March 1. February …

Seattle delays classroom return until at least March 8
3 years, 10 months 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 …

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 …

Chicago schools reopen doors after tough union fight
3 years, 10 months ago

Chicago schools reopen doors after tough union fight

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Chicago parents Willie and Brittany Preston have spent almost a year wrestling with online school schedules for their six children, often with everyone hovering over devices around the dining room table. Their youngest daughter, 4-year-old Lear, returned to class with thousands of others in pre-K and special education as the nation’s third-largest school district slowly reopened its doors …

Union approves deal with Chicago schools to return to class
3 years, 10 months ago

Union approves deal with Chicago schools to return to class

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — The Chicago Teachers Union has approved a deal with the nation’s third-largest school district to get students back to class during the coronavirus pandemic, union officials announced early Wednesday. Despite the approval, the union characterized it as the “absolute limit to which CPS was willing to go at the bargaining table to guarantee a minimum number of guardrails …

Union approves deal with Chicago schools to return to class
3 years, 11 months ago

Union approves deal with Chicago schools to return to class

LA Times  

The Chicago Teachers Union has approved a deal with the nation’s third-largest school district to get students back to class during the coronavirus pandemic, union officials announced early Wednesday. “The fact that CPS could not delay reopening a few short weeks to ramp up vaccinations and preparations in schools is a disgrace.” But in a statement, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and …

Chicago Teachers Union OKs Deal To Return To Class, With Vaccines Promised
3 years, 11 months ago

Chicago Teachers Union OKs Deal To Return To Class, With Vaccines Promised

NPR  

Chicago Teachers Union OKs Deal To Return To Class, With Vaccines Promised Enlarge this image toggle caption Max Herman/NurPhoto via Getty Images Max Herman/NurPhoto via Getty Images Updated at 10:20 a.m. The agreement calls for Chicago Public Schools to provide "at least 1,500 first vaccine doses per week" to employees, with second doses guaranteed. The city's board of education had …

Chicago teachers affirm COVID safety deal for school return
3 years, 11 months ago

Chicago teachers affirm COVID safety deal for school return

Al Jazeera  

The debate over how to safely reopen Chicago schools is echoed around the US, with new CDC guidelines expected. Chicago teachers voted in favour of approving a tentative COVID-19 safety plan to allow the third-largest US public school system to gradually resume in-person classes as soon as Thursday for students who have been out of school buildings for almost a …

Chicago public school teachers back tentative deal to return to in-person learning, union says
3 years, 11 months ago

Chicago public school teachers back tentative deal to return to in-person learning, union says

CNN  

CNN — Members of the Chicago Teachers Union have voted to return to in-person learning, according to a news release from the union. “We will protect ourselves by using the school Safety Committees created under this agreement to organize and see that CPS meets safety standards and mitigation protocols.” While both sides agreed that they wanted to be back in …

UP schools to reopen from tomorrow, preparations underway in campuses
3 years, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, …

Chicago mayor cites `tentative agreement' to reopen schools
3 years, 11 months ago

Chicago mayor cites `tentative agreement' to reopen schools

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. Read our privacy policy Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said …

Chicago mayor demands teachers return, union offers proposal
3 years, 11 months ago

Chicago mayor demands teachers return, union offers proposal

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Thursday that the city was reviewing the teachers’ union latest proposal on COVID-19 safety protocols to return to classrooms, a development hours after her demand for a deal by the end of the day. Lightfoot had accused the Chicago Teachers Union of refusing to give her office and school district officials a straight …

Chicago mayor demands, again, that teachers return to class
3 years, 11 months ago

Chicago mayor demands, again, that teachers return to class

The Independent  

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Chicago schools extend talks with union over in-person class
3 years, 11 months ago

Chicago schools extend talks with union over in-person class

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools leaders extended remote learning Monday for two more days and called for a “cooling-off period” in negotiations with the teachers’ union, citing progress but not a full agreement on COVID-19 safety plans for returning to schools. Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson said in a joint statement that teachers would not …

Push to reopen schools could leave out millions of students
3 years, 11 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 …

Don't Call It A Comeback: School Districts That Never Opened Are Having Trouble Now
3 years, 11 months ago

Don't Call It A Comeback: School Districts That Never Opened Are Having Trouble Now

NPR  

Don't Call It A Comeback: School Districts That Never Opened Are Having Trouble Now Enlarge this image toggle caption Max Herman/NurPhoto via Getty Images Max Herman/NurPhoto via Getty Images Diana Muhammad, who teaches PE and dance in Chicago Public Schools, was "unsure," "uncertain" and "reluctant" about her district's plan for in-person classes starting Monday. Noting this disparate impact, and the …

Chicago teachers vote to teach from home, defying district
3 years, 11 months ago

Chicago teachers vote to teach from home, defying district

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — The Chicago Teachers Union said Sunday that its members voted to defy an order to return to the classroom over concerns about COVID-19, setting up a showdown with district officials who have said that refusing to return when ordered would amount to an illegal strike. Chicago Public Schools, which is the nation’s third-largest district, wanted roughly 10,000 kindergarten …

Chicago teachers punished as classroom no-shows protest
3 years, 11 months ago

Chicago teachers punished as classroom no-shows protest

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Chicago teachers punished for refusing to show up for the start of in-person classes over COVID-19 concerns, demonstrated Wednesday outside the school board president’s home. Roughly 150 employees were docked pay and locked out of Chicago Public Schools systems earlier this week, meaning they can’t teach remotely either as classes began this week for thousands of pre-kindergarten and …

Chicago push to reopen city schools becomes more contentious
4 years 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 …

L.A. teachers surveyed express dismal views of distance learning
4 years ago

L.A. teachers surveyed express dismal views of distance learning

LA Times  

A recent survey of Los Angeles public school teachers showed their overwhelmingly dim view of distance learning nine months into the shutdown. Nine months after shutting down public schools, a survey of Los Angeles public school teachers showed their overwhelmingly dim view of distance learning: low student engagement that is only getting worse, deteriorating grades and a lack of resources …

Students return to NYC schools once more after virus closure
4 years, 1 month ago

Students return to NYC schools once more after virus closure

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — It’s back to school again for thousands of New York City schoolchildren who returned to classrooms Monday after a roughly two-week shutdown spurred by the city’s rising coronavirus caseload. De Blasio announced Nov. 18 that public school buildings would close because the city had crossed a threshold set earlier of 3% of all the coronavirus tests performed …

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