Twelve metro Denver school districts but not Denver Public Schools say the costs of quarantines to students' social and emotional development and academic progress have been great.
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Teacher retention is a point of reflection and introspection for school leaders every year as they anticipate their staffing needs for the upcoming school year. Some schools hemorrhage teachers each year, while others maintain the same staff rosters for decades. Understanding why this occurs is a logic puzzle for leaders across Jefferson County Public Schools and the nation.
Ask teachers who leave or transfer to different schools why they’ve done so, and their answers vary from poor leadership to underdeveloped staff culture to not feeling supported. These concerns are amplified when studying the demographic makeup of a staff, and school leaders are left wondering why it might be challenging to hire and/or retain teachers of color.
24 Apr 2021
Pastors leading black church communities are confirming the surge in the number of black families choosing private, small schools, and homeschooling for their children, and welcoming the opportunity for more involvement in K-12 education by black churches.
Pastor Cecil Blye of More Grace Ministries Church in Louisville, Kentucky, told Breitbart News he and his fellow pastors have seen a surge in homeschooling “among families in black churches in Louisville, as well as a push to start private schools and charter schools by black pastors.”
Blye confirmed a recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau that showed homeschooling rates are rising among black families, in which the proportion of homeschooling in the black community increased from 3.3 percent in spring 2020 to 16.1 percent in fall 2020.
I was 100% sure that I was not getting the vaccine at all, said Dean, 18.
But then Shantel Reed, her teacher in Central s pre-med studies program, assigned Dean and other students to research the new COVID-19 vaccines, and Dean said she quickly changed her mind as she learned about the science behind them. Now and I am fully vaccinated and very proud, Dean said.
Dean and three of her classmates spoke at a news conference Wednesday to announce the storied school on West Chestnut Street will be the site of a one-day vaccine clinic Saturday open to anyone 16 or older.
A joint effort with University of Louisville Health and Jefferson County Public Schools, the clinic will be what Dr. Edward Miller, a U of L physician, says is the beginning of efforts to reach deeper into the community to serve people who have been unable or unwilling to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Jefferson County Public Schools will offer a slew of summer learning programs for students to jumpstart learning heading into the 2021-22 school year.
Districts officials said Tuesday they hope to serve thousands of kids from ages 3 to 18 across at least 80 in-person hubs and through virtual programming. We don t want this to just be school, Superintendent Marty Pollio said at a press conference Tuesday. We want them to be fun activities.
This year s offerings include:
The Backpack League: an in-person program available for 1st to 12th graders;
Summer League: a virtual learning option where students compete to earn points, similar to last year s video game-esque approach;