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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Spreading #kindness1billion across Orange County |
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The world could use some extra kindness right now, and students across Orange County are working to deliver it. As we mentioned earlier this week, students and staff are participating in the Great Kindness Challenge, which is a national program dedicated to recording as many acts of kindness as possible in a single week. As you may know, we at OCDE are very passionate about kindness and take joy in sharing the stories we receive as a reminder that everyday people are making positive contributions our community. We thought we’d round up a few of the good deeds here, starting with Laguna Road Elementary in the Fullerton School District.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/spreading-kindness1billion-across-orange-county/ |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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Amid new COVID rules, district tries to salvage 5-day in-person instruction |
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After nearly four hours of deliberation, Roseville Joint Union High School District voted late Tuesday to rush a survey to parents of more than 10,000 students to determine how to move forward with its school schedule.
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article248788005.html |
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VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
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Morning Report: How Vaccines and New Rules Impact School Reopenings |
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Public school leaders have demanded access to vaccines for employees in negotiations over school reopenings, but thus far they’ve been unwilling to broach the subject of mandating vaccinations. Vaccinations are the avenue by which we can resume something resembling normal life, public health officials told our Ashly McGlone. But for now, spokespeople for the San Diego Unified School District and the local teachers union say it has not been necessary to discuss any vaccine mandate.
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https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/news/morning-report-how-vaccines-and-new-rules-impact-school-reopenings/ |
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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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Vaccine update: When will Bay Area counties give shots to teachers? |
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The state started vaccinating seniors two weeks ago. A top health official said vaccinations for seniors wouldn't be completed until June. President Joe Biden more bullishly said the pandemic vaccines would be widely available by spring, with the United States well on its way to ending the pandemic by summer. All the while, California completely shifted its pandemic priority line from essential workers to age groups, and a group of regular citizens was the first and only group to develop a database of information on where to get vaccinated in California.
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https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/vaccine-COVID-teachers-Bay-Area-San-Francisco-when-15898975.php |
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USA TODAY
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In-person school can be safe. CDC reports how schools with little COVID-19 spread are making it work |
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In-person schooling can be safe, U.S. health researchers argue, but it requires schools and their surrounding communities to commit to a slew of public health precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. On Tuesday, two epidemiologists and a researcher from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published an opinion piece in the Journal of the American Medical Association, writing that "accumulating data now suggest a path forward to maintain or return primarily or fully to in-person instructional delivery.”
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/01/27/covid-schools-cdc-reports-how-classes-can-safe-prevent-spread/4278356001/ |
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EDSOURCE
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What happens to children who missed kindergarten during Covid-19 crisis? |
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Many California parents dreaded returning to remote learning last fall, but they did it anyway, holding onto hopes of going back to campus at some point during the school year. But for those whose children were just entering kindergarten, the decision to commit to distance learning was a far tougher choice: Wrangling a 5-year-old in front of a computer screen for several hours a day requires constant supervision, technical assistance and cajoling, an impossibility for many working parents, particularly essential workers and those juggling multiple children.
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https://edsource.org/2021/what-happens-to-children-who-missed-kindergarten-during-covid-19-crisis/647721 |
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