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SACRAMENTO BEE
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Doctor advice for kids as Sacramento schools open |
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Doctor advice for kids as Sacramento schools open
We asked Dr. Dean Blumberg, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at UC Davis Children’s Hospital, and Sacramento County Public Health Officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye some pressing questions parents may have as campuses reopen.
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article246636998.html |
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SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
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San Diego Foundation provides $1 million to bridge ‘digital divide’ |
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The San Diego Foundation has announced it is providing another $1 million to provide internet access to students across the county, adding to an effort that already has significantly helped bridge the digital divide caused by economic inequities this year.
County Superintendent of Schools Paul Gothold said at a news conference outside the County Administration Center that a survey conducted at the start of the pandemic found about 100,000 students lacked access to the internet.
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https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2020-10-29/san-diego-foundation-provides-1-million-to-bridge-digital-divide |
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EDSOURCE
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With test scores out, college essays count more |
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For generations, high school seniors have fretted over writing their essays for college applications, worrying how to make their personal stories stand out in the crowd and avoid hurting their acceptance chances with mediocre compositions. This year’s seniors have even deeper worries as the college application season begins. Since SAT/ACT scores are optional or totally off the table during the pandemic, many colleges say that the personal and academic information presented in applicants’ essays will loom somewhat larger than in the past.
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https://edsource.org/2020/with-test-scores-out-college-essays-count-more/641925 |
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Students getting in-person instruction at accelerating pace in California |
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California school districts are showing a clear momentum toward re-opening for some version of in-person instruction. That’s according to an EdSource survey of the 58 county offices of education. In the nation’s largest school system, the survey shows that children are learning through a patchwork of instructional strategies that continue to be shaped in profound ways by the coronavirus pandemic.
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https://edsource.org/2020/students-getting-in-person-instruction-at-accelerating-pace-in-california/642408 |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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Parents and educators hope the rise of online learning lives on after the pandemic, report finds. But researchers say privacy protections shouldn’t be sacrificed |
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Although the pandemic forced students into an abrupt shift to haphazard online learning earlier this year, a majority of parents and educators support the boom in education technology and hope online learning goes on after the public health emergency subsides, according to a new report. But researchers argued that the surge in digital education shouldn’t come at the expense of privacy protections that keep kids safe online — even if neither parents nor educators ranked that as an urgent concern.
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http://laschoolreport.com/parents-and-educators-hope-the-rise-of-online-learning-lives-on-after-the-pandemic-report-finds-but-researchers-say-privacy- |
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Court: UC can’t waffle in phasing out SATs in admissions |
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Student applicants to the University of California can’t submit their standardized test scores with their admissions as the system works to phase out the exam requirements, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. UC regents voted in May to drop the SAT and ACT test scores as admission requirements but permitted individual campuses to allow optional, voluntary submissions for 2021 and 2022. a lawsuit says the scores place low-income students, minorities and people with disabilities at an unfair disadvantage. A judge issued an injunction in August, which led to an appeal.
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https://apnews.com/article/california-us-news-san-francisco-811686ccdff8d5f38c17a337313fde26 |
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