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Thursday, January 21, 2021

LOS ANGELES TIMES

California Supreme Court rejects petition to force LAUSD to partially reopen for in-person classes
The court denies a petition alleging that L.A. Unified was violating the law by not offering in-person instruction for pupils with the greatest need.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-21/lausd-schools-reopening-lawsuit

SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE

Vista school community exploring equity in education
The Vista Unified School District is addressing racial inequity through a superintendent’s task force that is looking at how schools can root out bias and discrimination in education.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/vista/story/2021-01-20/vista-schools-explore-equity-in-education

NEW YORK TIMES

In Los Angeles, teachers and students struggle with ‘no human contact’
Experts have found that remote instruction falls far short of classroom learning. But surveys have shown that a majority of Black and Latino parents in Los Angeles are still hesitant about sending their children back into schools.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/coronavirus-schools-los-angeles-california.html

13,000 School Districts, 13,000 Approaches to Teaching During Covid
To assess how public schools have navigated the pandemic and the impact on students, The Times examined seven representative districts. The answers were strikingly different.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/schools-coronavirus.html

SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

In California, the clock is ticking on this high school football season
It is likely to be close to six weeks before anything beyond cross country, golf, tennis, track or swimming is permitted, and possibly even longer for higher-contact sports, like football, according to health experts.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/21/in-california-the-clock-is-ticking-on-this-high-school-football-season/

EDSOURCE

How California schools can help undocumented middle and high schoolers receive legal aid
Hazel Piñon, an immigrant who moved to the Bay Area from the Philippines as a child, was 20 when she found out she may have qualified for a visa as a teenager that would have given her a path to permanent U.S. residency. By the time she found out, it was too late to apply.
https://edsource.org/2021/how-california-schools-can-help-undocumented-middle-and-high-schoolers-receive-legal-aid/647277

Immigration reform proposed by Biden could alleviate anxiety, fear for thousands of California children
A path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants announced Wednesday by President Joe Biden could benefit hundreds of thousands of California children, alleviating anxiety and fear they, their parents or other family members could be deported.
https://edsource.org/2021/immigration-reform-proposed-by-biden-could-alleviate-anxiety-fear-for-thousands-of-california-children/647335

More school organizations urge revising Gov. Newsom’s reopening plan
Five statewide organizations representing school districts and county offices of education that had refrained from commenting on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to entice school districts to begin reopening are urging major revisions they say would make the plan feasible.
https://edsource.org/2021/more-school-organizations-urge-revising-gov-newsoms-reopening-plan/647298

DAILY BREEZE

LAUSD students discuss political climate as Biden becomes president
As high schoolers in Los Angeles Unified watched Joe Biden be sworn in as the nation’s 46th president on Wednesday, Jan. 20, students spoke candidly in class about their impressions of Trump’s presidency, the challenges facing the new administration and the importance of civics education.
https://www.dailybreeze.com/2021/01/20/lausd-students-discuss-political-climate-as-biden-becomes-president/

OTHER NEWS OUTLETS

How an AI app that detects COVID carriers by their cough could help reopen schools
ince the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, school districts and public health experts have sought to solve a key missing link for safe in-person learning: how to identify asymptomatic COVID-19 cases among students and staff. Now, new research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology may provide a solution. In a paper recently published in the IEEE Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology, an MIT research team found that artificial intelligence might be able to detect COVID positivity at a high accuracy rate simply by the sound of one’s cough recorded through a smartphone speaker — even for asymptomatic individuals.
http://laschoolreport.com/how-an-ai-app-that-detects-covid-carriers-by-their-cough-could-help-reopen-schools/


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