Educational Links 1/9/2021

 

A Quiet And 'Unsettling' Pandemic Toll: Students Who've Fallen Off The Grid

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/57186/a-quiet-and-unsettling-pandemic-toll-students-whove-fallen-off-the-grid

“7 Reasons Why You Need More Analog Clocks”

https://www.additudemag.com/analog-clocks-adhd-time-blindness-benefits/ 

5 Myths About English Language Learners (ELLs) and Special Education

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/for-educators/learning-and-thinking-differences-basics/5-myths-about-english-language-learners-ells-and-special-education?_ul=1*1javr55*domain_userid*YW1wLTVmR21LUkI1Q1ZBMi1nSkh3UEkzWnc.

California school districts, charter schools to get $6.8 billion, in varying amounts, of federal aid

https://edsource.org/2020/california-school-districts-charter-schools-to-get-6-8-billion-in-varying-amounts-of-federal-aid/645647

Opening Campuses During Pandemic Sent Virus Cases Soaring in Communities, CDC Reports

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-01-08-opening-campuses-during-pandemic-sent-virus-cases-soaring-in-communities-cdc-reports 

Inside the Effort to Find and Help Disengaged Youth

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/inside-the-effort-to-find-and-help-disengaged-youth/2021/01

California schools struggle to pay for ventilation upgrades, key to safely reopen campuses

https://edsource.org/2021/california-schools-struggle-to-pay-for-ventilation-upgrades-key-to-safely-reopen-campuses/646445

Upgrading ventilation systems is a key way schools can reduce the spread of the coronavirus when campuses reopen, but some districts in California are finding the cost of those upgrades to be insurmountable.