November 24, 2020

Quick Guide: What California’s color-coded county tracking system means for schools

EdSource is tracking the movement of counties between four tiers in the state’s color-coded monitoring list, which is updated every Tuesday.

Ali Tadayon And Diana Lambert

November 24, 2020

Education and the coronavirus crisis: What’s the latest?

Four more counties join ‘purple’ tier, bringing the total to 45.

EdSource staff

November 24, 2020

With classrooms closed, scientists take over virtual STEM lessons in LA Unified

As California faces another coronavirus surge, scientists and museum guides are taking to Zoom to meet students at home.

Sydney Johnson

November 23, 2020

Distance learning stokes fears of excessive screen time

Family life has been disrupted in innumerable ways during the pandemic, including the nature of our relationship to screens.

Karen D'Souza

November 19, 2020

How Kusema Thomas missed six weeks of distance learning in LA Unified middle school

Kusema Thomas II looked forward to sixth grade in a new Los Angeles Unified magnet school but connecting problems cost him six weeks of virtual classes. Now, his father wants tutoring help.

John Fensterwald

November 18, 2020

‘Roadschooling’ families give new meaning to distance learning

Roadschooling, a full-time lifestyle for some, has a new batch of converts. Families dissatisfied with distance learning are heading out to see the country.

Diana Lambert

November 16, 2020

Pandemic surge puts opening of regular classrooms on hold for millions of California students

Over 90% of California students now attend schools that are not permitted to offer in-person instruction in regular classes unless they began offering them before their county was in the purple tier.

Louis Freedberg And Ali Tadayon

November 11, 2020

Interactive Map: LA County waiver approvals

View public and private schools in LA County who have approved waivers to open with this interactive map.

Yuxuan Xie

November 11, 2020

Rising Covid-19 rates halt school reopening plans in three California counties

Surging Covid-19 cases pushed three more counties into the most restrictive tier on the state tracking system, putting plans to reopen school campuses on pause.

Diana Lambert And Ali Tadayon

November 6, 2020

How California teachers are making bilingual education work online

With most instruction now remote and with less class time, students don’t spend as much time exposed to their new language.

Zaidee Stavely

November 5, 2020

Ensure equitable broadband access to secure California’s future

When the delivery of high-quality instruction depends on reliable, high-speed broadband connections for every student anyone lacking these resources gets left behind.

Su Jin Gatlin Jez and Peter J. Taylor

November 5, 2020

Shorter exams will replace California’s annual Smarter Balanced tests

Federal education officials said they will not waive testing requirements for the 2020-21 school year. 

Sydney Johnson

November 5, 2020

How P.E. teachers are trying to get students off the couch during the pandemic

Keeping students active is crucial for their mental and physical health — especially now, teachers say.

Carolyn Jones

November 4, 2020

California to consider shorter Smarter Balanced tests this spring

The State Board of Education will vote this week on whether to shorten the state’s annual standardized tests in math and English language arts.

Sydney Johnson

November 3, 2020

Leading school superintendents ask Gov. Newsom to impose a ‘common standard’ for reopening schools in California

Along with more Covid testing of students, the superintendents want the state to set standards covering all aspects of reopening schools.

John Fensterwald