Colorado schools plan for summer school, but is it the right solution for learning loss?
During the pandemic some students fell behind
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and last updated 2021-05-03 10:48:31-04
DENVER With just weeks left in the school year in Colorado, kids of all ages are looking forward to summer break. Kaylyn Townsend, a junior at Golden High School, said this was her hardest school year ever.
âI know the seniors have a raging case of senior-itis,â she added.
Kaylyn was able to keep her grades up amid the inconsistencies of the pandemic school year, but other students suffered. Ryder Lohman, a 7
Reflecting on one year of school during COVID-19 in Colorado: Here s what we learned this week
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and last updated 2021-03-12 12:10:39-05
Iâm Denver7 education reporter Nicole Brady. Welcome to our new âeducation notebook,â where I will discuss the big education stories of the week and talk about the challenges and opportunities for education in Colorado.
DENVER â This week, like many, Iâm in a reflective mood. Tomorrow, March 13, will mark one year since most kids in Colorado were in ânormalâ school. The concept of âremote learningâ first entered our lives.
Few realized how long it would be before kids would be back in classrooms. Once schools opened, it was a new world, with masks and cohorts. We all sympathized with the Class of 2020, but didnât realize the Class of 2021 would have it just as bad.
More normalcy is on the way for Colorado schools: Here s what we learned this week
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and last updated 2021-03-05 11:55:51-05
Iâm Denver7 education reporter Nicole Brady. Welcome to our new âeducation notebook,â where I will discuss the big education stories of the week and talk about the challenges and opportunities for education in Colorado.
Welcome to March! We are nearing the one-year anniversary of schools closing across the Colorado and remote learning entering our lives.
Here s what we learned this week:
⢠This past week saw more efforts toward ânormalcy,â with school districts moving to return middle and high school students to full in-person learning. Douglas Countyâs Board of Education voted Tuesday to return secondary students to full time in-person learning on March 22, after spring break.
Today
Cloudy with rain and snow this evening. Snow showers overnight. Low 28F. ESE winds at 15 to 25 mph, decreasing to 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precip 80%..
Tonight
Cloudy with rain and snow this evening. Snow showers overnight. Low 28F. ESE winds at 15 to 25 mph, decreasing to 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precip 80%. Updated: April 13, 2021 @ 4:33 pm
Tensions rising between teachers, leadership in Colorado school districts
Return to in-person learning prompts new disputes
Two school districts have seen new disputes between teachers and district leadership over the return to in-person learning.
and last updated 2021-02-23 10:15:31-05
Tensions are rising in two metro area school districts over concerns about in-person learning.
On Tuesday, the JeffCo Public Schools Board of Education is set to decide when high school and middle school students will return to five days a week of in-person learning. A copy of a letter signed by staff at Standley Lake High School and obtained by Denver7 called JeffCoâs Restart Plan a âmassive failure.â A petition is also circulating calling for JeffCo to postpone a return to full in-person for secondary students until the fall.