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OCDE NEWSROOM
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California Department of Education shares FAQs on distance learning |
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When should distance learning be offered? What defines in-person instruction? And what’s the difference between daily live interaction and daily participation?
The California Department of Education has released a new online resource for schools and districts with answers to these distance learning questions and many more.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/california-department-of-education-shares-faqs-on-distance-learning/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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‘Herstory’ is out as California revamps K-12 ethnic studies course guide |
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State officials unveiled their latest try at an ethnic studies curriculum for K-12 students Friday, and it’s clear their hope is that this time fewer people will be offended.
To appease critics of academic jargon, the new draft ditches terms such as “herstory” for the more traditional “history.” To better honor diversity, teachers are encouraged to let the ethnic composition of the class influence study topics.
Still, the new version retains a focus on the four groups long associated with ethnic studies: African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicanos/Latinos and Native American and Indigenous peoples.
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-01/california-ethnic-studies-model-curriculum-released |
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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
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Coronavirus shutdowns expose low-income Bay Area students’ struggle to get online |
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Oakland student Jessica Ramos spent a lot of time on her phone after COVID-19 shuttered Skyline High School in March. But she wasn’t just tweeting or texting friends.
She was reading her AP Language thesis over the phone, one line at a time, to her English teacher. Without an internet connection at home, it was the only way she could get his feedback before she sent in her final paper. “He would just send me little quick corrections through text and that was pretty much it,” she said.
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/03/coronavirus-shutdowns-expose-low-income-students-struggle-to-get-online/ |
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CONTRA COSTA TIMES
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Fremont Unified School District to re-evaluate cops on campus |
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Amid national and local calls for defunding police departments and pulling officers from schools in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police, Fremont’s school board plans to re-evaluate its longstanding program that places a city police officer at the district’s high schools. The Fremont Unified School District currently pays nearly $770,000 annually to the city to support half the cost for the School Resource Officer program, or SRO program, which includes one officer from the Fremont Police Department assigned to each of the district’s six high schools, and a sergeant who oversees the unit.
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https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/08/01/fremont-unified-school-district-to-re-evaluate-cops-on-campus/ |
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FRESNO BEE
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Fresno schools release distance learning plan. Teachers say it’s short on key details |
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The Fresno Unified School District released an update on distance learning plans late Friday afternoon. The teachers union says educators and parents still need more specifics on protocols and procedures. The district’s 19-page document, A Strategic Plan for Reopening Schools 2020-2021, provides some new information on daily instruction, services for students in special education classes and English learners.
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https://www.fresnobee.com/news/coronavirus/article244649842.html |
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EDSOURCE
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California child care providers losing money, risking health during pandemic |
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The coronavirus pandemic is pushing many California child care providers to the brink of closure and forcing them to risk both their own health and their finances.
With less income and more expenses, many providers are missing rent and mortgage payments and racking up credit card debt, even as they worry they will be infected with the coronavirus, according to a new survey from the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at UC Berkeley.
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https://edsource.org/2020/california-child-care-providers-losing-money-risking-health-during-pandemic/637458 |
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California court gives school districts, local governments limited win in ruling on pensions |
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The California Supreme Court gave revenue-strapped school districts and other public employers a narrowly tailored win but not the big decision they wanted on Thursday.
The court unanimously ruled that the Legislature could eliminate pension “spiking,” in which employees “artificially inflated” their earnings in their last year of work by cashing in the value of accumulated leave and working extra shifts at higher rates. Padding income in turn increased a worker’s pension.
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https://edsource.org/2020/california-court-gives-school-districts-local-governments-limited-win-in-ruling-on-pensions/637416 |
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DAILY BREEZE
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Online school: Teachers want to improve but training varies |
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After a rocky transition to distance learning last spring, Georgia teacher Aimee Rodriguez Webb is determined to do better this fall. She bought a dry-erase board and a special camera to display worksheets, and she set up her dining room to broadcast school lessons. “I’m getting myself geared up for what I feel will prepare me and allow me to teach remotely with more fidelity now that I know what I want it to look like,” Rodriguez Webb said.
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https://www.dailybreeze.com/2020/08/01/online-school-teachers-want-to-improve-but-training-varies/ |
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KPBS
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First Day Of School For Sweetwater School District, New Year Starts Online |
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Sweetwater Union High School District welcomed students back to virtual classrooms on Monday, becoming the first district in San Diego County to start the new school year under the pandemic. The typical school day will consist of three class periods with a break for lunch. Each period will be up to 45 minutes of live video instruction by teachers and up to one hour of independent work. Teachers will grade assignments and require attendance. While the district has spent the summer training its teachers in online teaching, parents are still concerned.
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https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/aug/03/first-day-school-sweetwater-school-district-online/ |
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LAGUNA BEACH INDEPENDENT
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Laguna Beach USD to survey parents on schooling during pandemic |
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The Laguna Beach Unified School District will resume distance learning on Aug. 24, following parents’ mixed reaction to a school reopening plan discussed at the school board meeting on Monday. Laguna Beach Unified’s Board of Education directed staff to survey parents on whether they would choose a virtual academy for the entire 2020-21 school year or a hybrid trimester model that would allow some students to attend in-person classes two days per week. District administrators will directly contact parents with a link to the survey.
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https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/lbusd-resumes-distance-learning/ |
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