The coronavirus has upended life as we know it for everyone and challenging institutions from preschool to higher education that serve students to deliver care and instruction. EdSource is committed to riding out this crisis with you to provide accurate, timely and useful information to help you make good choices for yourself and your families.
Over 90 percent of California students are either out of school now or projected to be in the next few days as rural schools also begin to close in larger numbers.
Gov. Newsom points to problems in closing them including providing meals to children and that parents who are doctors, nurses, first responders and other emergency personnel may need to stay home to take care of their children.
Unlike K-12 schools, colleges indicate that they have capacity to deliver online instruction, although not clear how long they would do so in response to virus threat.
