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Print More than a year after schools transitioned to virtual instruction because of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than half of California’s public and charter schools are allowed to return to in-person instruction. Each district has different rules for the return to class and a different timeline for doing so. It’s a confusing time for many parents and students who may wonder whether to return to class at all while the different speeds of reopening increase inequities along language, race and geographic fault lines. L.A. Times reporters Howard Blume, Paloma Esquivel and Sonja Sharp are cov...

The phased reopening of classrooms in the nation's second-largest school district began Tuesday, with some of the youngest elementary school students making their return to L.A. public schools.

Thursday, April 8. Here’s what’s happening with the coronavirus in California and beyond. Newsletter Get our free Coronavirus Today newsletter Sign up for the latest news, best stories and what they mean for you, plus answers to your questions. Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. It’s been a long, frustrating year for children and parents in Los Angeles, where public school classrooms have been closed since last March. Instruction via laptops set up on kitchen tables and bedroom floors has been no substitute with stude...

Melody Petersen, and it’s Monday, April 5. In ordinary times, I write about healthcare and business. But these aren’t ordinary times, and for the last year, I’ve written mostly about the pandemic. Now I’ll be writing this newsletter for the next couple of weeks. Let’s get started with a look at what’s happening with the coronavirus in California and beyond. Newsletter Get our free Coronavirus Today newsletter Sign up for the latest news, best stories and what they mean for you, plus answers to your questions. Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional co...

Wednesday, Feb. 24. Here’s what’s happening with the coronavirus in California and beyond. Newsletter Get our free Coronavirus Today newsletter Sign up for the latest news, best stories and what they mean for you, plus answers to your questions. Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. The pandemic has turned living rooms into classrooms and parents into de facto teaching assistants. But for parents who can’t work at home, finding a substitute has been difficult. Leaving young, school-aged children to take online classes on...