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  virtual learning Dec 13, 2020

  Inmates Can Work on Getting Bachelors' Degrees Virtually Alongside Students

  A new program offered through Claremont Colleges is providing prisoners at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco with access to four-year bachelor degree opportunities, via livestreamed classes that traditional students also attend. The “Inside-Out Pathway-to-BA” at Pitzer College in Claremont is focused on giving incarcerated i...
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  LAUSD Dec 8, 2020

  LAUSD Suspends In-Person Classes and Childcare for Remainder of Fall Semester, Superintendent Announces

  In-person classes and childcare have been suspended for the remainder of the fall semester, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner announced Monday.
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  Education Dec 1, 2020

  LA Parents Sue State Over Remote Learning Inequities

  The parents of a second-grader at a Los Angeles Unified School District magnet school are among seven families suing the state of California for allegedly failing to meets its constitutional obligation to ensure “basic educational equality” during the ongoing period of remote learning stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to co...
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  LAUSD Nov 17, 2020

  Beutner Says In-Person Learning to Return to LAUSD in Hybrid Model

  Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday that methods of returning students to schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District amid the COVID-19 pandemic will include a combination of at-home learning and in-person instruction. “In order to maintain the appropriate distance between people on campus, we will need to have fewer students in ...
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  weather lab Oct 9, 2020

  Weather Lab: Conjure Up a Spooky Expanding Ghost

  You’re about to see a ghost. It’s science. Belen De Leon explains.
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  First Alert Forecast Oct 4, 2020

  Here's How to Make Your Own Rainbow

  Let’s learn more about how rainbows happen and how you can create your own in everyday life.
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  Education Oct 2, 2020

  Homeless Youth Face Another Problem, Virtual Classes

  During the pandemic, thousands of students continue to struggle and forced to take their classes online, but for students who are homeless, the problems are even bigger.
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  LAUSD Sep 29, 2020

  LAUSD Not Yet Ready to Reopen, Superintendent Says

  Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday that public schools in Los Angeles are not yet ready to reopen for in-person instruction amid the coronavirus, even as he detailed some of the challenges in virtual learning. “It’s now been more than six months since students were in schools, and the learning loss for some may be significant. But scho...
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  YouTube Sep 26, 2020

  Teacher Travels Through YouTube on His Distance Learning Bus

  He sits behind the wheel and looks ahead as he starts to bounce in his seat. “Get on the Distance Learning Bus. Get on the Distance Learning Bus,” he sings as he drives down the road Some would think Brent Ford may have been socially distancing for too long. “Yeah, hey, it’s Brent Ford with Distance Learning Bus,” Ford...
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  coronavirus Sep 25, 2020

  As Orange County Reopens, Schools and Testing Remain Focus

  With classrooms reopening from kindergarten to colleges, Orange County says plans are in place to protect students from coronavirus outbreaks.