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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 need at the kindergarten through third grade level,” said MUSD community outreach director Victoria ...

Recreational marijuana sales had another record year in 2020, so it's 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 Enrichment and Academic Progress (LEAP) program want to see lower- and middle-income parents of Colorado ...

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 — particularly students of color or those from low-income families. On the most recent national tests, on...

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 period of virtual learning. School district leaders urgently distributed tablets, laptops, and hotsp...

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.