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Nashville creates help centers to get struggling English Learners online for school

Stassy Olmos

November 09, 2020 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

In Nashville, school officials quickly found out that English Learner families were technologically falling behind and not logging into class. The school district decided to help families by creating 10 in-person tech hubs, where students could get more specilialized help. “By October, the hubs had seen more than 5,000 families.”

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Students meet in Austin churches for free, virtual learning pods during pandemic

Erin Cargile

November 09, 2020 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

In Austin, some families pay upwards of $1,300 a month to place their children in learning pods, an option not all families can afford. To help working families an organization launched Community Pods, which offers the same learning pod service for free. Teachers with Community Pods help students with their virtual classes. Students also receive meals and snacks. Around 45 students are participating, but the goal is to serve 100.

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Tracking incomplete grades moves students forward – with extra focus from educators

Lex Gray

November 09, 2020 |

WAVY-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk Public Schools had a unique approach to addressing student performance post-pandemic—giving students an incomplete instead of failing them. The move revealed racial disparities that allowed the district to respond. “Of the 12,455 incomplete grades submitted, 71% went to Black students.” The district acted on that information and gave devices to students, limited instruction to four times a week to prevent teacher burnout, and placed a bus driver at every school to send staff to communities.

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How California teachers are making bilingual education work online

Zaidee Stavely

November 06, 2020 |

EdSource |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

Teachers in some California dual-language classrooms are coming up with creative ways to help students practice and learn languages during remote-only learning. Across Fresno Unified School District, teachers develop and share lessons, record videos, and have students use educational programs like Flipgrid or Seesaw so students can record themselves speaking Spanish. During some Zoom breakout groups, teachers select a fluent language speaker in the group to model pronunciation for others.

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In Michigan, Undocumented Immigrants Form Learning Pod So They Won't Lose Their Jobs

Michelle Jokisch Polo

November 01, 2020 |

NPR |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Undocumented parents face unique challenges to pandemic learning. Some don’t speak English or might not have access to Wi-Fi. To help, an activist in Michigan created an in-person learning hub for students of undocumented families in grades K thru 12. The hub was hosted in a church and provided 24 students with computers from the district, and support from teachers and tutors. The hub was funded through donations from the community.

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Schools Teach by Text Message as Covid Widens Philippine Digital Divide

Isabelle Lee

October 28, 2020 |

Bloomberg |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Philippines

In the Philippines, more than half of households have limited access to the internet, making remote teaching challenging. Schools, teachers, and the government have found creative ways to reach students. Some teachers are texting students, others drop out printed materials at student homes, and the government even produced radio and TV shows to explain assignments.

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Community rallies to create free learning pod for Philly students

Jessica Blatt Press

October 28, 2020 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A new learning pod at a church is serving at least 30 students in Philadelphia. The idea for the pod was the result of a listening tour with the community. “We heard directly from parents and caregivers about their needs.” Now, students are learning lessons they had missed out on before they joined the pod.

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Classrooms Without Walls, and Hopefully Covid

Amelia Nierenberg

October 27, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Schools across the country are trying a different approach to teaching safely during the pandemic: outdoors teaching. This article provides four examples of schools implementing this method and how they did it, from the Cape Cod to Wisconsin.

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Music class during coronavirus: How the band plays on

Anita Elash

October 27, 2020 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Stratford, Ontario

In Canada "hands-on, in-person music classes" have been approved as acceptable to hold during the coronavirus pandemic, but the safety precautions have made it difficult to achieve an ideal outcome. Rather than continue to hold classes this way, teachers are finding creative ways to address the barriers such as combining in-person lessons with at-home performances.

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How MIT, Harvard are managing to keep COVID-19 numbers low

Maya Jones

October 20, 2020 |

Wicked Local Cambridge |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

East Coast universities, MIT and Harvard mitigated the spread of COVID-19 on its campuses during the onset of the fall semester and have been able to maintain low transmission numbers. "Harvard, which invited just 40% of its undergraduates to campus this fall, had a .08% positivity rate." Meanwhile, MIT had students start the first two weeks of school entirely remote and keep quarantine until administrators could determine there were no sick students on campus.

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