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OCDE NEWSROOM
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COVID-19 update: State legislators reach new deal to bring California’s youngest students back to classrooms |
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Governor Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers on Monday announced a new agreement that will provide school districts with financial incentives to open schools for students in transitional kindergarten through second grade. Focused on getting the state’s youngest students back in the classroom for in-person instruction, the new agreement sets aside $6.6 billion in state budget funds for districts that return to in-person instruction by March 31. Beginning April 1, for every instructional day school districts do not meet the requirements, the amount of money they are eligible to receive will go down by 1 percent.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/coronavirus-update/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Orange County high school athletes file lawsuit over state’s indoor sports restrictions |
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Five Orange County high school athletes involved in indoor sports have joined the legal challenge of California’s guidelines for youth sports amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Two volleyball players, a basketball player, a wrestler and one cheerleader jointly filed for a temporary restraining order, with the support of their parents/guardians, in Orange County Superior Court on Monday, March 1. They seek an immediate return to competition under the same guidelines used by college or professional sports, San Diego-based attorney Ian Friedman said.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2021/03/01/orange-county-high-school-athletes-file-lawsuit-over-states-indoor-sports-restrictions/ |
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Mariachi fan dies from COVID-19; he’s now in ‘the hand of God’ |
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Joe Trejo's wife recently brought a mariachi band to play their song, La Mano de Dios, outside his Fullerton hospital. Patty and Joe Trejo’s favorite song spoke to their love. Only the hand of God, the song said, could separate them. On Monday, March 1, Joe Trejo died of COVID-19. He was 53. Three in the immediate Trejo family are school employees in different districts. Patty Trejo works as a teacher’s aide in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District. Joe Trejo was a locksmith for Anaheim Union High School District. And their son, Joseph, works as an office assistant in the Irvine Unified School District.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2021/03/01/mariachi-fan-dies-from-covid-19-hes-now-in-the-hand-of-god/ |
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USA TODAY
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'Read Across America Day,' once synonymous with Dr. Seuss, is diversifying. Here's why things have changed. |
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Monday marks the start of National Reading Month – with celebrations across the nation planned for "Read Across America Day" on Tuesday. The day will look a little different this year, with many U.S. students learning virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the National Education Association has planned a variety of virtual events – not just in March, but all year – to mark the occasion. That's not the only difference: The NEA has pivoted from popular children's author Dr. Seuss to a focus on diverse children's books, a decision that has generated controversy on social media. |
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/03/01/read-across-america-day-dr-seuss-diversity-racism/6878454002/ |
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FRESNO BEE
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Fresno Unified schools plan to reopen some classrooms next month. Here’s what we know |
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Amid labor negotiations and mounting pressures from Fresno city leaders and parents, the Fresno Unified School District is moving its reopening date up. Some FUSD elementary students might be able to return to part-time in-person learning after spring break on April 6, according to a Fresno Teacher Association document obtained by The Bee’s Education Lab. Trustee Terry Slatic also confirmed to the Ed Lab the district plans to bring kindergarten through second-grade students back on April 6, and other grades will be gradually phased in later.
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https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/education-lab/article249615263.html |
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EDSOURCE
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Newsom, lawmakers set April 1 deadline to reopen schools for K-2 students |
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Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature have struck a deal to accelerate the reopening of school campuses by moving up the deadline to send the youngest students back to class in March. They also are adding $2 billion in incentives and removing obstacles that districts had complained were standing in their way. It provides some of the key elements that Newsom had been pressing for during more than a month of protracted negotiations.
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https://edsource.org/2021/newsom-lawmakers-set-april-1-deadline-to-reopen-schools-for-k-2-students/650247 |
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SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE
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CALmatters
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Newsom, lawmakers unveil plan to push some schools to reopen by April 1 |
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California public schools will receive financial incentives to reopen campuses by April 1 for their youngest and most vulnerable students under a deal Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders announced after months of tense negotiations. Under the plan, schools are not required to reopen. Decisions still rest with school boards, administrators and labor unions, so it is unclear whether the deal will actually result in widespread campus reopenings. |
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https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2021/03/newsom-lawmakers-schools-reopen/ |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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A pre-COVID education study with big implications for remote learning during the pandemic: When parents take over, children give up easier |
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Teaching a child to tie their shoes isn’t always easy. If you’ve embarked on this painstaking task, watching as little fingers fumble with floppy laces, chances are you’ve fought the urge to jump in and finish the job. However, new research out of the University of Pennsylvania suggests that parents may want to think twice before taking over — advice that likely comes as no surprise to mothers and fathers, but goes far beyond shoe-tying. The study, published in the journal Child Development, finds that jumping in and completing a task that a child is working on can stifle perseverance and cause them to persist less in the future.
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http://laschoolreport.com/a-pre-covid-education-study-with-big-implications-for-remote-learning-during-the-pandemic-when-parents-take-over-children-gi |
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