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Distance Learning Extended Into Next Semester at LAUSD
A return to class is nowhere in sight. Kim Baldonado reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020.
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LAUSD and Teachers Union Extend Distance Learning Agreement Until June 30
With Los Angeles Unified campuses remaining largely closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the district and its teachers union extended their labor agreement Friday governing distance learning, with the pact including additional office hours and up to 30 more minutes of instruction time on Mondays.
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Students Are Falling Behind in Math as COVID-19 Continues to Disrupt Education, According to a Study
After months of school disruptions and remote teaching due to COVID-19, researchers are starting to see some of the impact on learning. Megan Kuhfeld, a senior research scientist with the nonprofit NWEA, joined LX News to explain a study that found that the pandemic has led to many students falling behind in math specifically.
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Huntington Beach Teachers Forced to Return to In-Person Teaching
Teachers in the Huntington Beach unified high school district say that district officials have told them to go back to campus in January for in-person teaching or go on leave. Vikki Vargas reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Dec. 11, 2020.
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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 individuals the means to acquire liberal arts degrees, and the first eight enrollees from the...
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Take a Virtual Field Trip to the California Science Center
Kids, from kindergarten up through the 5th grade, are invited to check out the new online experiences from the Exposition Park hub of learning fun.
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LAUSD Agreement on Reopening Schools Includes ‘Hybrid Model' and Small Cohorts
The Los Angeles Unified School District announced a tentative agreement Friday with the union representing principals and administrators, outlining protocols for the eventual reopening of school campuses.
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Who's Logan Today? Calif. Teen Dons Costumes to Cheer Classmates
Logan Houghtelling worried about his father, a firefighter who was battling the wildfires in California
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What It's Like to Be a Parent of a Kid With Disabilities in COVID
For parents of children with disabilities, in-person school during COVID-19 has been a top priority. For these students and families, school is more than a classroom: It’s a place for one-on-one therapies and important socialization.
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Public School Enrollment Drops as Pandemic Persists
Parents around the United States are deciding whether to keep their children in public schools as the pandemic extends into a new academic year
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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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Tips for Parents: How to Help Students Succeed in Online Learning
An online education expert shares some tips for parents as they prepare their students to start the 2020-2021 school year with distance learning.
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Helpful Tools Parents Can Use to Improve Children's Distance Learning
Let’s face it, this school year is looking a lot different for students and their parents since many school districts are at least starting the school year online. That unconventional territory can be a pretty intimidating idea for a lot of families, but it doesn’t have to be.
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Virtual Learning Sites Sprout Up to Help Working Parents
With many schools still closed by the coronavirus pandemic, public and private alternatives are sprouting up across the nation to watch over children as they study
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Georgia Teachers Make Rap Video to Excite Kids for Virtual Learning
Callie Evans and Audri Williams, teachers at Monroe Comprehensive High School in Albany, Georgia, made a video to excite students about virtual learning.