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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Parents rally for schools to reopen in Placentia-Yorba Linda district |
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A small but frustrated group of about 20 parents protested in front of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District headquarters on Tuesday, Sept. 29, calling for schools to reopen for in-person instruction. Holding signs such as “Open schools kids matter,” the parents expressed dissatisfaction with distance learning and the district’s recent delay for returning students to campus.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/09/30/parents-rally-for-schools-to-reopen-in-placentia-yorba-linda-district/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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L.A. Unified’s high-stakes bet that untested start-up can run its coronavirus testing program |
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Los Angeles schools Supt. Austin Beutner had a problem. He was firm in his stance that reopening schools safely during the COVID-19 pandemic would depend on rapid, extensive coronavirus testing. But no city, county or state program was available to provide or pay for it at the scale he thinks is needed in the nation’s second-largest school district. So he chose the company of a former business partner, Sky Dayton, who helped him put together an audacious plan: The Los Angeles Unified School District would carry out its own testing, the largest such district-led initiative in the country.
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-30/lausd-new-coronavirus-testing-program |
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How to help young children get the most out of online school |
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Another day in Zoom school, another meltdown and another reminder of what parents already know: Online school is especially challenging for younger students. There’s a reason children from kindergarten through third grade spent much of their pre-pandemic school days moving around and learning through play, not sitting still and staring at at a screen. Many school districts are prioritizing younger elementary school students for reopenings, as studies show that younger children may be less vulnerable to the coronavirus.
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-30/what-parents-can-do-to-improve-online-school-k-3-grade |
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CONTRA COSTA TIMES
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Governor Newsom vetoes bill requiring ethnic studies requirement for high school students |
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Gov. Gavin Newsom late Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have made ethnic studies a California high school graduation requirement, citing controversy over the model curriculum. Newsom said he supports the ethnic studies concept, but cited ongoing discussions and revisions on what should be included in the classes. An early version of the model curriculum last year “was insufficiently balanced and inclusive and needed to be substantially amended,” he said in his veto message. And Newsom said he believes the latest draft, which is under review, “still needs revision.”
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https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/10/01/governor-vetoes-california-bill-requiring-ethnic-studies/ |
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EDSOURCE
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Outdoor classes and ‘forest schools’ gain new prominence amid distance learning struggles |
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Learning amid the leaves is the hallmark of a forest school, an immersive outdoor education model devoted to the exploration of nature. Forest schools, which have their roots in Scandinavian educational tradition, generally focus on preschool age children. Instead of sitting quietly at their desks, these students build forts in the forest, pick berries fresh from the bush and have story time at the shore. Can these outdoor schools offer lessons to other preschools and K-12 public schools at a time when being indoors is so risky?
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https://edsource.org/2020/outdoor-classes-and-forest-schools-gain-new-prominence-amid-distance-learning-struggles/640853 |
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Gov. Newsom vetoes requirement for ethnic studies course in high school |
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Gov. Gavin Newsom unexpectedly vetoed a bill Wednesday to mandate a course in ethnic studies as a high school graduation requirement, starting in 2029-30. He announced his decision on the final day for acting on bills passed in the legislative the session ending Aug. 31. He said continuing disagreements over a proposed model ethnic studies curriculum for high school should be resolved before imposing a high school mandate.
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https://edsource.org/2020/gov-newsom-vetoes-requirement-for-ethnic-studies-course-in-high-school/640877 |
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KPCC
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LAUSD Releases Contract With Start-Up Lab Company Behind Its COVID-19 Testing Program |
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The Los Angeles Unified School District made a big national splash this summer when it announced an ambitious plan to regularly test all students and staff for COVID-19.
But we’ve known relatively little about LAUSD’s contract with the start-up lab company that’s providing and processing the coronavirus test kits — at least, until now.
On Wednesday afternoon, the LAUSD officials publicly released full terms of its deal with SummerBio in response to requests from the L.A. Times, KPCC/LAist and others. District officials also released a memo shedding even more light on the deal. Here’s what we learned:
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https://laist.com/latest/post/20201001/lausd_coronavirus_covid19_testing_program_summerbio_lab_contract |
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CALmatters
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California one of few states without top school nurse during pandemic |
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California is one of 10 states, plus the District of Columbia, without a school nurse leader at the state level, according to the National Association of State School Nurse Consultants. For years, school nurses across the Golden State have advocated without success for the state to again hire a nurse consultant, someone who understands both schools and health care. Part of the previous nurse consultant’s role in California was to help health and education officials at the state and county levels communicate.
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https://calmatters.org/health/2020/10/california-without-school-nurse-pandemic/ |
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