OCDE NEWSROOM
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OCDE posts frequently asked questions on the use of face coverings at school |
Face masks will likely go down as one of the most enduring visuals of 2020, and for good reason. As the California Department of Public Health has noted, there is scientific evidence to show the use of cloth face coverings during a pandemic can help reduce disease transmission by limiting the airborne spread of infectious particles when people speak, cough or sneeze. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield said last week that “face masks are the most important, powerful public health tool we have.”
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/ocde-has-a-list-of-frequently-asked-questions-on-the-use-of-face-coverings-at-school/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Back to school in Orange County: Some confident, some concerned |
Ready or not, here they come. Many more Orange County children are heading back to the classroom as early as this week. Some parents and teachers say the time is right. Some don’t think so. Several school districts plan to launch in-person learning on at least a part-time basis within the next few weeks. To achieve social distancing, many will be using a hybrid model with students spending some hours of the week in the classroom, with the remainder still devoted to distance learning done online.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/09/21/back-to-school-in-orange-county-some-confident-some-concerned/ |
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Westminster School Board won’t seek investigation of trustee |
At a special meeting Friday night, Sept. 18, half of the four Westminster School District board members voted not to pursue an investigation of their president, Frances Nguyen, for potential voter fraud. The tie vote put an end to the proposal, which needed a majority to move forward. Nguyen did not recuse herself from weighing in. Trustee Khanh Nguyen joined her in voting no.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/09/21/westminster-school-board-wont-seek-investigation-of-trustee/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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No place to study, hunger, inadequate computers hurting Eastside and South L.A. students |
Los Angeles families with school-age children in Boyle Heights, South Los Angeles and Watts struggled with access to computers and adequate internet throughout the spring semester while facing job losses and food insecurity, issues that hampered online learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey has found. The survey, a collaboration by researchers from USC and the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, underscores how poverty has exacerbated the toll wrought by the pandemic and how challenging these problems are to overcome. It also suggests that the digital divide is continuing to harm the education of low-income Latino and Black students.
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-21/online-learning-hurts-poorest-la-students |
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VOICE OF OC
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As OC Districts Reopen Schools this Week, Questions and Petitions for Delay Mount |
As a host of Orange County schools start welcoming back students today, there are mounting questions from a growing number of teachers and community members about how such reopenings – and potential outbreaks – will be handled. County officials on Monday afternoon held an abrupt half hour briefing on Zoom. At the briefing, Orange County’s top public health official acknowledged that residents have lots of questions, concerns about reopening schools.
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https://voiceofoc.org/2020/09/as-oc-school-districts-move-forward-with-reopening-this-week-questions-and-petitions-for-delay-mount/ |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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Sacramento City Unified locks in distance learning plan, but teachers may not follow it |
The Sacramento City Unified School District adopted a distance learning plan Saturday after starting the school year two days before without one. The teachers union says its teachers will not follow the plan.
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article245517965.html |
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NEW YORK TIMES
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As Schools Go Remote, Finding ‘Lost’ Students Gets Harder |
As Schools Go Remote, Finding ‘Lost’ Students Gets Harder
Early data for the new school year suggests that attendance in virtual classrooms is down, possibly because students are working or caring for siblings. Around the country, teachers and school administrators are hoping that a patchwork of plans cobbled together over the summer will help address one of the most pressing challenges they face as millions of students start a new school year online: How to make sure they come to virtual class, and what balance to strike between punitive and forgiving policies if they don’t.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/us/schools-covid-attendance.html |
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EDSOURCE
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Spanish-language resources help parents deal with challenges of distance learning |
While California school districts and counties confront the learning challenges of the pandemic, education organizations are developing new guides for Spanish-speaking parents to help them navigate distance learning. In California public schools, about 40% of students speak a language other than English in their homes, and over 80% of those students speak Spanish, with 18.6% classified as English Learners.
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https://edsource.org/2020/spanish-language-resources-help-parents-deal-with-challenges-of-distance-learning/640340 |
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DAILY BREEZE
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Survey finds inequities in distance learning for Latino, Black students in LA |
In addition to dealing with losses in household income and food insecurity, many low-income Latino and Black students in the Los Angeles Unified School District had to contend with not having access to computers or reliable internet while distance learning last spring, according to survey findings released Monday, Sept. 21.
Of the more than 1,100 families polled, more than three-quarters reported a loss in income and more than seven in 10 said they had experienced food insecurity since the coronavirus pandemic hit in mid-March. And while 88% of respondents had access to a computer, nearly 1 in 5 lived in households where devices had to be shared, and a quarter of families had no internet access or only mobile access.
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https://www.dailybreeze.com/2020/09/21/survey-finds-inequities-in-distance-learning-for-latinx-black-students-in-la/ |
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CALmatters
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The hurdles facing California kids, explained |
California is home to more than 9 million children, many of them hungry, poor and struggling to access health care and quality education. Child advocates were hoping for change with Gov. Gavin Newsom and his attention to early childhood development and education, plans for universal preschool and desire to give extra funding for children’s programs. But that was before the COVID-19 pandemic raised the stakes for children, eliminating many of their parents’ jobs and moving school online.
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https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-children-poverty-covid-education/ |
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