2 days agoTexas schools won’t lose state funding this academic year for coronavirus attendance declines
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Many Texas students can skip STAAR tests this year, but high schoolers might have to show up to graduate
Diego Bernal, other Bexar County state reps, ask TEA for STAAR opt-out processDozens of Texas state representatives, led by San Antonio Democrat Diego Bernal, asked the Texas Education Agency to allow Texas parents to opt their children out of STAA...
San Antonio based teacher sings tunes on TikTok to increase student engagementA San Antonio based teacher is making moves on TikTok to help students retain math equations and keep logging in to virtual class.
Pressure builds on schools to reopen during pandemicPressure is building on school systems around the U.S. to reopen classrooms to students who have been learning online for nearly a year.
There aren’t enough substitute teachers to step in when coronavirus keeps Texas teachers out of the classroomTexas school districts, like those across the country, are having trouble keeping their classrooms staffed as teachers stay home for COVID-related quarantine or isolation...
Northside ISD urges another week of virtual learning for students due to COVID-19 surgeNorthside ISD Superintendent Brian Woods sent a letter to parents on Friday, asking them to consider waiting another week before sending students back to in-person learni...
Elementary school principal, middle school counselor in Boerne ISD earn state-wide honorsAn elementary school principal and a middle school counselor in the Boerne Independent School District have both been selected for statewide awards from the Texas School ...
Harlandale ISD recommends virtual instruction as San Antonio’s COVID-19 cases surgeHarlandale Independent School District officials have recommended that families transition from in-person instruction to a virtual learning model as local COVID-19 case c...
Some San Antonio teachers, school employees to get COVID-19 vaccine this week through University HealthA limited number of school employees from nine San Antonio-area school districts will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine this week through University Health.
Edgewood ISD teachers to receive first round of COVID-19 vaccine, district saysEdgewood Independent School District is teaming up with University Health System to provide 100 COVID-19 vaccines for their teachers, according to the school district.
Teachable moments for students abound from recent current eventsThe deadly insurrection at the US Capitol that led to the first president of the United States to be impeached twice, are difficult lessons for Jennifer Casanova to have ...
Calls to reopen classrooms grow as teachers get vaccinatedState leaders around the U.S. are increasingly pushing for schools to reopen this winter as teachers begin to gain access to the vaccine against the raging pandemic.
Where parents and students in Texas can turn for help with mental health concernsOver the last year, Texas children have experienced higher rates of clinical depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation as the pandemic leaves them socially isolated, scar...
Pandemic’s toll shows up on students’ college applications Aspiring college students who have seen every aspect of their lives disrupted by the coronavirus are grappling with how to show their potential in a season when so many a...
Seguin High School moves to remote-only learning after ‘slight uptick’ in COVID-19 casesAfter what school officials are calling a “slight uptick in COVID related cases over the weekend,” Seguin High School students are shifting to remote learning only for th...
STAAR testing will continue in 2020-2021 school year, but A-F ratings will be paused, TEA saysSTAAR testing will continue in the 2020-2021 school year despite the ongoing disruptions for student education due to the coronavirus pandemic, as announced Thursday by t...
Bexar County’s school districts won’t close schools despite health department recommendation to go virtualSan Antonio’s largest school districts have said they do not plan to go to 100% virtual again.
In-person instruction ‘not recommended’ for San Antonio, Bexar County schools, Metro Health saysSan Antonio Metro Health Medical Director Dr. Junda Woo has issued an amended health directive that says “in-person instruction is not recommended at this time” for schoo...
Schools in San Antonio press forward with in-person learning amid new wave of COVID-19 casesThe three largest school districts in Bexar County will allow in-person learners to stay on campus as cases rise and the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District puts the...
Mother hopes sending son back to Northside ISD campus will improve his learning experienceA mother in San Antonio is weighing the COVID-19 risks of sending her son back to in-person learning at Northside ISD after struggling with online schooling.
School closings threaten gains of students with disabilitiesThe pandemic is threatening to wipe out the educational progress made by many of the nation’s 7 million students with disabilities.
Poteet ISD sends students back to remote learning due to uptick in county COVID-19 casesAll students in the Poteet Independent School District will go back to a remote learning model after district officials say COVID-19 cases in Atascosa County have continu...
A North Texas superintendent is openly defying the state mask mandate in schools. No one is stopping him.
Cut off: School closings leave rural students isolatedThe switch to remote learning in rural New Mexico has left some students profoundly isolated — cut off from others and the grid by sheer distance.
Ask Texas students how remote learning is working. Many will tell you it’s not, and they want it fixed.Almost midway through the school year, it has become increasingly clear that virtual learning is failing a sizable number of Texas public school students whose parents de...
Northwest Vista College using pop up outdoor classrooms to help keep students safeCampuses like Alamo College’s Northwest Vista College have transformed several of its spaces outside for when students come back to campus in the spring.
Remote learning at La Vernia ISD no longer an option after Thanksgiving holidayAfter Thanksgiving, remote learning will no longer be offered at the La Vernia Independent School District following its school board’s decision on Monday.
In this San Antonio classroom, a teacher divides her time between “roomies” and “zoomies”Teachers presently are responsible for solving technological issues for her “zoomies,” reminding her “roomies” to stay six feet apart and ensuring each child understands ...
Northside ISD says more students are failing this year compared to last, points to remote learning During the COVID-19 pandemic, students and families have had to adapt to remote learning as opposed to in-person instruction.
Some Texas school districts are requiring in-person instruction again, leaving parents scrambling for options
