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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Calling young poets! Registration now open for annual Poetry Out Loud competition |
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Albeit in front of a virtual crowd, Orange County would be proud, to see local high school students compete in the annual Poetry Out Loud. The Orange County Department of Education is partnering with Arts Orange County as they host Poetry Out Loud, which encourages high school students in the study and recitation of timeless poetry. The local competition is open to students in grades nine through 12 from school districts and community organizations across the county.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/calling-young-poets-registration-now-open-for-annual-poetry-out-loud-competition/ |
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COVID-19 update: California officials issue latest guidance on athletics, including youth sports |
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State health officials have released fresh guidance for recreational sports, including school-based athletics programs. The guidance issued Monday, Dec. 14 by the California Department of Public Health covers all organized youth sports, along with adult recreational leagues, but it explicitly does not apply to college athletics. The CDPH says team competitions can’t start in California until Jan. 25 at the earliest, and that’s assuming regional stay-at-home orders are lifted. Youth and adult sports will now be classified by their level of contact — low, moderate or high — as well as whether they’re played indoors or outdoors. Along with those considerations, permission to hold competitions or practices will depend on where a county falls on the state’s four-tiered monitoring system.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/coronavirus-update/ |
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VOICE OF OC
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Raising Case Numbers Causes District to Close Los Alamitos High School; Students Continue Online |
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Los Alamitos High School will be shifting back to online learning for a month after a recent surge in Coronavirus cases in the state. The district Superintendent Andrew Pulver announced on Monday that the high school would transition back to distance learning on Wednesday until Jan. 16. Middle and elementary schools in the district will remain open. “The numbers of COVID-19 cases and individuals required to quarantine at these grade levels are lower, and the benefits of maintaining in-person instruction are substantial,” reads an update from Pulver posted Monday. |
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https://voiceofoc.org/2020/12/raising-case-numbers-causes-district-to-close-los-alamitos-high-school-students-continue-online/ |
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USA TODAY
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Betsy DeVos tells Education Department employees to resist changes by Biden administration, report says |
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U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday told Education Department employees to resist changes by the upcoming administration that they believe could hurt students, according to a news report. The website Politico reported that it obtained a recording of DeVos' remarks at a virtual meeting with Education Department employees, in which she noted that many of them will remain through the transition as President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/12/16/betsy-devos-education-department-resist/3921340001/ |
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CONTRA COSTA TIMES
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East Bay parents rally for district to reopen schools |
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Livermore parents held a rally Tuesday to put pressure on the school district to let their children return to school as soon as legally possible. Parents and some children gathered in downtown Livermore on Tuesday afternoon armed with posters and signs to hold district officials to their word that schools will reopen two weeks after the county moves into the red tier of the state’s color-coded COVID-19 tracking system.
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https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/12/15/east-bay-parents-rally-for-district-to-reopen-schools/ |
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DAILY BREEZE
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LAUSD students with Fs will have more time to bring grades up |
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To support struggling students during the pandemic, the Los Angeles Unified School District has decided that secondary students who are failing their courses can have more time to try and bring their grades up before an “F” or “no pass” mark is entered into their academic record. In a memo to secondary school principals on Monday, Dec. 14, district officials announced that students who would otherwise receive an F can have until Jan. 29 to submit makeup assignments that might improve their grades.
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https://www.dailybreeze.com/2020/12/15/lausd-students-with-fs-will-have-more-time-to-bring-grades-up/ |
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KPBS
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English Learners Are Falling Further Behind In The Virtual Classroom |
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English learners are receiving D’s and F’s at higher rates than other student groups during distance learning, according to recent data released by several San Diego County school districts. While all student groups are failing classes at higher rates than they were before the pandemic, the English learner population is in some classes receiving twice as many D’s and F’s this school year compared to the 2019-2020 school year.
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https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/dec/15/english-learners-falling-behind-virtual-classroom/ |
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HuffPost
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What It’s Like Teaching On Zoom To Students I’ve Never Met, And Often Not Seen Or Heard |
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In Los Angeles, where I reside, we have yet to return to physical school, and I’m not sure we will at all this year. I conduct my 7th and 8th-grade classes on Zoom and use nearpod (a platform similar to PowerPoint that’s interactive), as well as our online curriculum. I have been teaching since August and I have yet to meet my students in person. For most of them, I have no idea what their voices sound like, as they rarely come off of mute. I also have no idea what most of them look like, as they do not turn their cameras on. (I do not make it a requirement that they turn on their cameras because this would cause equity issues).
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-its-like-teaching-on-zoom_n_5fd7a2d9c5b689a6230cd60d |
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