An investigation into Baltimore City schools revealed, in one high school in which hundreds of students are failing, a student who passed only three classes in four years actually ranks near the top half of his class, with only a 0.13 grade point average. Project Baltimore , which investigates the Baltimore area’s public schools system and reports regularly on FOX 45 News, focused Monday on the case of Tiffany France’s son, who attends Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts in west Baltimore. France’s son is 17 years old, but just found out he has been moved back to ninth grade because he has passed only three classes in four years. Calls to Shut Down City School Where 0.13 GPA Ranks Near Top Half of Class Calls are mounting for a Baltimore City Public Schools high school to be investigated and shut down immediately. This, after an alarming Project Baltimore investigation found hundreds of students are failing at the west Baltimore high … [Read more...] about Hundreds of Students Found Failing in Baltimore City High School
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Education Commissioner To Request Authority To Start Winding Down Remote, Hybrid Learning In Schools
BOSTON (CBS) – Massachusetts Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley will formally ask the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Friday to give him the authority to start the process of ending remote and hybrid learning. Riley first announced his intentions during a Department of Education meeting last week . The board will meet again Friday afternoon at its headquarters in Malden. READ MORE: Limited Amount Of New First Dose COVID Vaccine Appointments Go Fast “With the extensive mitigation strategies in place and as state health metrics continue to improve, we now need to begin shifting away from remote and hybrid learning models and return to the in-person educational format,” Riley wrote in a memorandum to the board on Wednesday. He wants the board to give him the authority “to determine when hybrid and remote models will no longer count towards meeting the required student learning time hours.” If the panel approves, Riley said the Department of Elementary and … [Read more...] about Education Commissioner To Request Authority To Start Winding Down Remote, Hybrid Learning In Schools
Attleboro Schools Face Challenges If Hybrid, Remote Learning Ends
ATTLEBORO (CBS) – Like many districts, Attleboro schools have been hybrid for a few months and some parents like Jessica Grigoriadis say it’s time to get the students back including her son. “The motivation isn’t there for school,” she said. “He’s not getting the social aspect which is so important in my opinion.” On Friday, state Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley will ask for the authority to phase out hybrid and remote learning and start a phased-in return to all in-person learning in early April, which Attleboro Superintendent David Sawyer supports, but comes with many logistical challenges. READ MORE: Massachusetts Reports 1,410 New COVID Cases, 42 Additional Deaths “Attleboro certainly has large class sizes which make distancing challenging even at a three foot minimum,” said Sawyer. It will be a pivot for schools looking for guidance from the state if approval is granted. But the head of the Attleboro Education Association Joseph Amaral believes it’s a rush. … [Read more...] about Attleboro Schools Face Challenges If Hybrid, Remote Learning Ends
‘It Has Been A Year Of Kids Suffering’: Latino Parents And Students Protest For San Francisco Schools To Reopen
Latino mothers and their school-aged children gathered Tuesday to protest for San Francisco public schools to reopen, citing the challenges their families have faced after nearly a year of being away from classrooms, ABC 7 reported . The group gathered at Parque Ninos Unidos in the Mission District, where students sat on the lawn with laptops to participate in virtual learning. Iris Martinez, a fifth grader, told ABC 7 that she wants to go back to school because she can’t concentrate at home. A group of Latinx moms and their school aged kids gathered in San Francisco’s Parque Ninos Unidos in the Mission District to fight for public schools to reopen on Tuesday. https://t.co/2zBKUxTMRs pic.twitter.com/sPYqAwOx2V — ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) March 3, 2021 “My house is too small. We don’t have our own desks. Right now, I am in my mom’s bedroom, we share bedrooms. My mom set me up with a little table and a chair,” she said. Dheyanira Calahorrano, one … [Read more...] about ‘It Has Been A Year Of Kids Suffering’: Latino Parents And Students Protest For San Francisco Schools To Reopen
Eye On Education: At-Home Lab Kits Help Students Thrive Outside Classroom
BOSTON (CBS) – Students and teachers have faced some big challenges with online learning all year, especially students of color and low-income students. One big barrier? Laboratory work for important science courses like AP Biology. But one Massachusetts non-profit made sure that lab work was never missed. Ivyrose Likis is a teacher at Boston Excel High School. “The year I have to say was a little bit rough to start with,” she said. “Just trying to navigate online learning and trying, specifically for a Science teacher trying to figure out you know key components of learning for students is the hands-on labs.” READ MORE: Massachusetts Reports 1,410 New COVID Cases, 42 Additional Deaths A course like AP BIO is a big one for high school students, and labs are a crucial part of the learning process – 25% of the coursework. But for 200 Boston students, when distanced learning began in the fall, lab kits came home to them. Non-profit group Mass Insight created the “Science … [Read more...] about Eye On Education: At-Home Lab Kits Help Students Thrive Outside Classroom
