The Covid pandemic upended schools and colleges, forcing students to navigate a new reality threw many of their plans into disarray. Even after schools returned to in-person instruction, students, teachers and communities have continued to struggle. In this section, hear first-hand from students about their experiences and how they are confronting the challenges they face as well as their perspectives and ideas for improving California’s education system.
Distance learning has challenged students and teachers to create a new learning experience. As students in the West Contra Costa Unified School District in the San Francisco Bay Area describe, they faced challenges around learning and orders to stay at home.
Updated entries from Granite Bay journalism students as they process how their lives have changed because of the coronavirus crisis through their writings.
Digital fabrication laboratories known as “FabLabs” are at the heart of an effort to produce personal protective equipment for East Bay hospitals and health centers.
