SCHOOL DAZE: How COVID Impacts Education Prison Literature Club Adapts During COVID Lockdowns
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The last graduation ceremony of the Asian Prisoner Support Committee’s ROOTS program at San Quentin, on June 9, 2019. (Hien Nguyen)
(This is the second in a series of articles produced in partnership with journalists from Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle in collaboration with the nonprofit Solutions Journalism Network.)
By ANNAKAI HAYAKAWA GESHLIDER
Part I
How can education in prisons continue when faced with the limitations of the COVID-19 lockdown?
For the past five years, the Oakland-based Asian Prisoner Support Committee (APSC) taught ethnic studies at San Quentin prison in Marin County. The weekly program was called ROOTS short for “Restoring Our Original True Selves.”
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Don’t call it summer school: Battling the COVID slide in math, science, reading with summer programs
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
Posted Mar 10, 2021
A student works on an electric keyboard during a summer learning program at Tuscaloosa City Schools in 2019. Programs went virtual in 2020, but hope to resume in-person enrichment and academic options this year. Courtesy of Tuscaloosa City Schools.
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Lots of experts say summer learning mixing academics with fun activities is a great way to keep kids on track after a difficult year and help others catch up.
Just don’t call it summer school.
“The acid test of a good summer learning program is if the kids think they’re at camp, but the teachers know they’re at school,” said Jim Wooten, who leads the Alabama-based group called Summer Adventures in Learning, or SAIL, which provides funding for summer learning programs.
KEY CONCEPTS
Solar power has expanded dramatically in recent years, becoming the leading technology installed for new power generation around the world. In 2019, it accounted for 45% of global capacity added. Last year, solar power became the cheapest source of electricity in many parts of the world, outcompeting fossil fuels like coal and natural gas.
A new Solutions Brief by Climate Central explains the growth of solar and dives into projections of how much more solar is needed to reach net zero emissions. Look for more Climate Central solutions issue briefs in the upcoming months.
Despite the pandemic, the U.S. added a record 19 gigawatts of solar in 2020, for a total of 89 GW installed capacity. That’s enough to power 16.4 million American homes. But we have a long way to go.
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