Education during Covid: California families struggle to learn

California education has never faced a bigger crisis than the Covid-19 global pandemic: the shutdown of schools and rapid shift to distance and hybrid learning is upending school traditions for families and educators. Come along as EdSource chronicles how families across the state are confronting this learning challenge. In this continuing series, we hear the stories from students and their families who are facing new demands and responding with courage and flexibility to extraordinary pressures.

November 19, 2020

Disappointing grades, technology glitches and glimpses of learning fun

First report cards of this most unusual school year jolted many of the families participating in EdSource’s special project to chronicle how families are coping. For many, lower-than-expected grades just reinforced how much they are struggling with learning from home.

EdSource Staff

Education during Covid: California families struggle to learn

November 19, 2020

High school seniors lament what they are missing as they plan for the future

High school seniors and their families can relate to the loss and the uncertainty facing 2021 graduates.

Diana Lambert, Ali Tadayon, And Theresa Harrington

Education during Covid: California families struggle to learn

November 19, 2020

How one Los Angeles student missed six weeks of virtual school [VIDEO]

Technology and communication problems left Kusema Thomas II out of virtual classes and chronically absent.

Jennifer Molina

Education during Covid: California families struggle to learn

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

Education during Covid: California families struggle to learn

November 19, 2020

Part II: Education during Covid: California families struggle to learn [VIDEO]

The second video in our ongoing series on how California families are struggling with learning during the Covid crisis.

Jennifer Molina

Education during Covid: California families struggle to learn

September 17, 2020

Families face the demands of online and hybrid learning

Families across California face a school year like no other as they confront a deadly pandemic that has upended the traditions of going back to school. Come along as EdSource reports how families are learning how to cope.

EdSource staff

Education during Covid: California families struggle to learn

September 17, 2020

Part I: Education during Covid: California families struggle to learn [VIDEO]

This video, “Education during Covid: California families struggle to learn,” is part of a continuing project by EdSource on how California families are struggling with learning during the Covid crisis. It includes photos and videos contributed by participating families.