As deputy chief of academics at Tulsa Public Schools in Oklahoma, Danielle Neves has seen the challenges of distance learning firsthand. And while there are plenty of concerns over academic skills, âI think our students have gained a lot of other things,â she says. âTheyâve learned a different kind of resilience in this year.â
To illustrate, Ms. Neves points to examples of student growth in independence and technology skills. Sheâs also seen more social engagement from students over the countryâs reckoning with racism.
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Amid concerns about learning loss during the pandemic, there are also learning gains. We looked at how students are making academic progress and developing crucial life skills, including resilience and hope.
April 13, 2021
Students who are learning English as a second language have priority to return to in-person class at some school districts in California, but many are still staying home because their parents fear the risk of Covid-19 infection is too high.
For English learners, live instruction and small groups can offer more opportunities to practice English, a critical part of learning the language. Teachers have tried to maintain the additional communication that English learners most often benefit from speaking and interacting with peers and teachers in order to help them learn to speak, read and write fluently. But it remains a difficult task to virtually recreate the level of support that English learners need as they learn a new language.
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Students who are learning English as a second language have priority to return to in-person class at some school districts in California, but many are still staying home because their parents fear the risk of Covid-19 infection is too high. (Getty Images)
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CALIFORNIA Students who are learning English as a second language have priority to return to in-person class at some school districts in California, but many are still staying home because their parents fear the risk of Covid-19 infection is too high. For English learners, live instruction and small groups can offer more opportunities to practice English, a critical part of learning the language. Teachers have tried to maintain the additional communication that English learners most often benefit from speaking and interacting with peers and teachers in order to help them learn to speak, read and write fluently. But it remains a difficult task to virtually recreate the le
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Jean Yonemura Wing, Oakland warrior for education equity, dies at 70
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The Arts and Humanities Academy’s class of 2012 honored Jean Yonemura Wing with a decorated utility box near downtown Berkeley. The Academy is at Berkeley High School where Wing was an alumna and later a parent.Leah Millis / The Chronicle 2017
Jean Yonemura Wing, a champion of equity in education, and a retired Oakland Unified School District administrator, died March 29. She was 70.
A Berkeley High School graduate, Wing earned her master’s degree in education at UC Berkeley. She dedicated her career to eliminating the education gap, District Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell said, beginning as a parent of a Berkeley High School student, where she served on the school’s diversity project, an effort involving teachers, parents, students and researchers to reduce differences in academic achievement from 1996 to 2002.