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Originally by Katie Fleischer for Ms. Magazine Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service/Public News Service After another school year impacted by the COVID pandemic, the long-term effects of educational disruptions are increasingly visible. Years of increased stress, financial burdens, and virtual schooling have affected children as well...
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When Rebecca Pariso agreed to join a team of educators tasked in late 2019 with California’s new mathematics framework, she said she expected some controversy. But she didn’t expect her work would be in the national spotlight. “We were transforming math education, and change is hard and scary,” said Pariso,...
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Cuando Rebecca Pariso aceptó unirse a un equipo de educadores encargados a fines de 2019 con el nuevo marco matemático de California, dijo que esperaba cierta controversia. Pero ella no esperaba que su trabajo estuviera en el foco nacional. “Estábamos transformando la educación matemática y el cambio es difícil y...
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Steven Kellner es un ex superintendente escolar que ahora trabaja para California Education Partners, una organización sin fines de lucro. Un martes por la tarde en mayo, la maestra de tercer grado Clara Yáñez y la maestra de segundo grado Jackie González se pararon frente a su junta de...
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Steven Kellner is a former school superintendent who now works for California Education Partners, a nonprofit organization. On a Tuesday evening in May, third-grade teacher Clara Yanez and second-grade teacher Jackie Gonzalez stood in front of their board of education and asked them to count little plastic farm animals. While...
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Kelly Rhoden, directora de Nevada Union High School, pasó la mañana del lunes luchando por encontrar sustitutos para las clases de sus maestros ausentes. La escuela, a unas 60 millas al noreste de Sacramento, tiene 86 maestros. Trece de ellos estuvieron ausentes el lunes. “Tenemos a muchos maestros fuera...
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Kelly Rhoden, the principal at Nevada Union High School, spent her morning Monday scrambling to find substitutes for her absent teachers. The school, about 60 miles northeast of Sacramento, has 86 teachers. Thirteen were out on Monday. “We have quite a few teachers out either because they’ve tested positive,...
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Heather Christiansen got an email on Aug. 14 from her son’s school, saying her 10-year-old had been in contact with a classmate who tested positive for COVID-19. As required by California health guidelines, Christiansen’s son Kayden would have to quarantine at home for 10 days. “It was only the...
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Heather Christensen recibió un correo electrónico el 14 de agosto de parte de la escuela de su hijo, diciendo que su niño de 10 años, había estado en contacto con un compañero de clase que dio positivo por COVID-19. Como lo requieren las pautas de salud de California, el...