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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Mijares: We must unite and create the change we want to see |
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Like so many of you, I have spent the last few days anguishing, ruminating, scrutinizing and judging. I have been angry. I have been distraught. I have been disheartened. I have thought about George Floyd calling for his mother in the final moments of his life with a knee pressed against his neck. I have thought about how long — and how short — 8 minutes and 46 seconds is, and how each of those seconds could forever change life in America.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/mijares-we-must-unite-and-create-the-change-we-want-to-see/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Tustin teacher packs up students’ stuff and classroom, bidding goodbye to school year |
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Fifth-grade teacher Margie Wright arrived with her dog, Dolly, at Loma Vista Elementary School in North Tustin on Thursday morning, May 28, for the final day of school. A teacher for the past 25 years, this year was different. Wright was cleaning out her classroom, placing her student’s belongings into paper bags with their names on them. “It’s so weird being in here without the kids,” she said. “We usually do this together.” |
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/05/28/tustin-teacher-packs-up-students-stuff-and-classroom-bidding-goodbye-to-school-year/ |
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DAILY NEWS LOS ANGELES
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Return to LAUSD schools still uncertain but could be online/in-person hybrid |
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What Los Angeles public schools will look like this fall remains unclear, but campuses could combine a mix of in-person and online instruction depending on availability of testing and the trajectory of the COVID-19 outbreak, said L.A. Unified officials Wednesday, June 3. In a live-streamed address, Superintendent Austin Beutner called on local and state government leaders to provide testing and contact tracing to students and staff, pointing to the key role schools play in reopening the economy.
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https://www.dailynews.com/2020/06/03/return-to-lausd-schools-remains-uncertain-but-could-be-online-in-person-hybrid/ |
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USA TODAY
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Kids need to talk about George Floyd, protests and racism. With coronavirus school closures, it's hard to do. |
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Jason Lukehart spent most of last weekend glued to scenes of protests from around the country following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Sunday night, Lukehart, a fourth-grade teacher in Oak Park, Illinois, tapped out a message to his students' parents: He would be holding a special Zoom session first thing Monday to talk about the unrest. He didn't want to supersede any conversations parents were having with their own children; the additional Zoom session was optional.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/06/04/george-floyd-protests-kids-coronavirus-school-closures/3128780001/ |
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EDSOURCE
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As she and her family battled Covid-19, graduation seemed out of reach |
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For months before the coronavirus pandemic hit, Maria Amaya was working two jobs while raising her daughter and finishing high school at a continuation school in the San Francisco Bay Area. On most days, she would attend school in the mornings, arrive by noon for her receptionist job at a local non-profit recycling center, then work her manager shift at Popeyes until 11 p.m. |
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https://edsource.org/2020/with-her-family-battling-covid-19-graduation-felt-out-of-reach/633046 |
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California lawmakers would spare K-12 schools from any budget cuts |
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In an unusual move to reach a consensus early, California Assembly and Senate leaders announced Wednesday they have agreed on a state budget that would rescind all cuts to K-12 and higher education that Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed — on the assumption that Congress would soon pass, and President Donald Trump would sign, aid for states that would include $14 billion for California.
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https://edsource.org/2020/california-lawmakers-would-spare-k-12-schools-from-any-budget-cuts/633091 |
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Student perspectives: the pros and cons of distance learning |
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Like students throughout California, students in the West Contra Costa Unified school district headquartered in Richmond have been grappling with distance learning instituted in response to the coronavirus pandemic. It is possible or even likely that distance learning will be a prominent part of the school landscape this fall as well. With that in mind, we we are bringing you these students’ reflections on their experiences with distance learning and being out of school generally — what worked and what didn’t.
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https://edsource.org/2020/student-perspectives-the-pros-and-cons-of-distance-learning/632498 |
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Learning loss and achievement gaps top discussion on school reopening |
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Some California students are “going completely uneducated right now,” and districts must address the learning loss and achievement gaps, the president of the State Board of Education said Tuesday. During a webinar hosted by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Linda Darling-Hammond, president of the education board, said that there is a great disparity in what districts have done to educate students since schools closed in March due to the coronavirus.
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https://edsource.org/2020/learning-loss-and-achievement-gaps-top-discussion-on-school-reopening/633074 |
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KPCC
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How Will 'Hybrid Schedules' Work If K-12 Schools Reopen This Fall? LAUSD Is Thinking About It |
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This fall, Los Angeles public school students might spend one week on campus, followed by another week learning from home. Or students might rotate through the classroom every other day. Or once every five days. Or every third week. And even if the Los Angeles Unified School District resumes in-person instruction this fall — they haven't yet made the decision to do so — some students will likely need the choice to remain at home.
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https://laist.com/2020/06/03/coronavirus_beutner_lausd_hybrid_schedules_fall.php |
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LAGUNA BEACH INDEPENDENT
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Laguna Beach teachers talk with students about racism amid nationwide civil unrest |
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Like thousands of educators across the country, Laguna Beach High School teachers find themselves trying to help their students process the killing of George Floyd and the following civil unrest. Social studies teachers Kristin Cowles and Mark Alvarez admit their jobs are complicated by the fact students are still distance learning from home because of the coronavirus and set to start summer break on June 11. |
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https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/laguna-beach-teachers-talk-with-students-about-racism-amid-nationwide-civil-unrest/ |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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Marin educators call for social injustice talks with youths |
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The pain, grief and anger over George Floyd’s death during a Minnesota arrest must be addressed for children at school and at home, Marin educators said this week. Itoco Garcia, superintendent of the Sausalito Marin City School District, said ongoing police brutality plus the coronavirus pandemic “have created a national crisis that dictates that we can never return to the way things were.”
He said the staff plans to develop lessons in social justice to use next school year, and that such courses should be mandatory for high school graduation in Marin County.
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https://www.marinij.com/2020/06/03/marin-educators-call-for-social-injustice-talks-with-youths/ |
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