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nholland@post-journal.com Pictured are Onyahsa campers from last summer safely enjoying their swimming time on Chautauqua Lake. Camp Onyahsa is one of the local options for kids to savor their summer vacation. Submitted Photos As the weather warms up, local summer camps and organizations are preparing for the return of kids, albeit with reduced numbers due to COVID-19. Camp Onyahsa is ready to return to some level of normalcy this summer. Last year, the camp was forced to cancel its overnight ...

nholland@post-journal.com Pictured are Onyahsa campers from last summer safely enjoying their swimming time on Chautauqua Lake. Camp Onyahsa is one of the local options for kids to savor their summer vacation. Submitted photos As the weather warms up, local summer camps and organizations are preparing for the return of kids, albeit with reduced numbers due to COVID-19. Camp Onyahsa is ready to return to some level of normalcy this summer. Last year, the camp was forced to cancel its overnight...

This story has been updated to reflect the portion of students who will remain in distance learning in Elk Grove Unified. California school officials scratching their heads over how to roll out standardized tests this spring could soon have another option. On Tuesday, the State Board of Education voted unanimously to seek a waiver from the U.S. Department of Education that would allow California school districts to use locally selected tests rather than the Smarter Balanced statewide assessmen...

What politics is supposed to be It is very clear that something needs to be done to improve our education system – and The Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress program seems to be a well-thought-out solution. (“Let’s Help Colorado’s children catch up” March 12). In a time when we are so divided, this reminds me of what politics is supposed to be. Leaders with different backgrounds and beliefs, coming together to solve a common goal. Sens. Bob Gardner and Rhonda Fields might sit o...

How a School District Proved Gifted Programs Can Be Racially Diverse Copy Link Albuquerque students’ artwork and a poem about volcanoes, displayed at the 2019 National Association for Gifted Children conference.  (Danielle Dreilinger for The Hechinger Report) April Wells grew up west of Chicago, a bright and avid bookworm in a low-income family. Her district, U-46, had gifted classes, but most of the students in them were white, and no one suggested that Wells, who is Black, might benef...

More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. MUSD planning summer school to address learning loss concerns Manteca Unified School District is preparing to roll out a robust summer session to help those struggling with learning loss due to the pandemic and those who are at grade level but are seeking additional challenges. “The data we’ve collected shows there is a huge ne...

Recreational marijuana sales had another record year in 2020, so its not surprising that cash-strapped causes are looking at cannabis taxes as a way to raise revenues. Now a new ballot initiative proposed by a group of state legislators and public-education support groups calls for adding another 5 percent tax on marijuana sales to fund a learning-enrichment program that would provide tutoring and after-school education services for Colorado children. Supporters of the proposed Learning Enrich...

For a generation of educators and policy makers in Colorado, the wide gap in educational outcomes and enrichment opportunities between the rich and poor, suburban and rural communities, urban and gentrified neighborhoods has been a cause of great frustration and grave worry. It is unacceptable, yet it remains. Too many of our children are falling behind, and COVID has made it worse. The problem is clear: Colorado schoolchildren have fallen behind in reading, math, science and writing — par...

Fort Worth Weekly Slowing the Covid Slide Local students are falling behind due to COVID-19, so what do school leaders plan to do about it? By Edward Brown Photo courtesy of iStock. As news of the COVID-19 pandemic spread, many Fort Worth public school teachers began their 2020 Spring Break unsure about how the school district would handle the remainder of spring classes. When teachers did return to their respective classrooms, it was to grab their school supplies for an indefinite ...

Stafford County Public Schools is considering bringing elementary students who want in-person instruction back to school buildings four days per week beginning in April.