As students in Australia’s two biggest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, return to school, a new study is arguing that ATAR concessions and large sums of funding for school tutoring are unnecessary. In his latest research (pdf), Glenn Fahey from the Centre of Independent Studies found an estimated 6 to 14 percent of students likely progressed…
LA School District Will Offer Full-Day, On-Campus Instruction This Fall
LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Unified will offer all students the choice of returning to full-time instruction on campus this fall, although distance learning will also be available, school district officials announced May 24. Superintendent Austin Beutner said he expects the vast majority of students, teachers and staff to be at school every day starting in August,…
Billboard in California Urges Schools to Reopen
ROHNERT PARK, Calif.—A message on an electronic billboard in the San Francisco Bay Area is calling for the reopening of schools in Sonoma County. A group of North Bay parents organized a GoFundMe campaign to fund the billboard message, which is displayed next to Highway 101 in the city of Rohnert Park. The billboard reads:…
School Talks of Hybrid Success Amid California’s Tug-of-War on the Issue
As California Gov. Gavin Newsom has pushed a proposal to incentivize school reopenings this month using grants, he has faced opposition from teachers’ unions, as well as some legislators and district leaders. But Orange County school districts have been more receptive to hybrid- and in-person-learning than those in some neighboring counties. On the state’s map showing the status of school closures, districts open for in-person or hybrid learning are colored blue. Districts with distance-learning only are a sandy yellow. Orange County looks like something of…
Will the Home-Schooling Trend Continue Post-Pandemic?
When Alberta mom Tina Teerling decided to home-school her five children this past fall, her goal was to give them back a sense of normalcy and “remember what life was like before the pandemic.” But now, after nearly five months of home-schooling under her belt, she’s considering continuing even after the pandemic is over. It’s…
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