¿Qué se necesitará para reabrir las escuelas? Es una pregunta urgente que rápidamente se convierte en un rugido ensordecedor. ¡Ay! ¡El caos que rodea la creación de competentes planes para la reapertura de las escuelas es abrumador! Creo que se deriva de nuestra cultura de pensamientos mágicos totalmente inútiles. Es normal, y tal vez incluso saludable, creer en cosas que no tienen una base lógica, como pedir un deseo y apagar las velas, para que […]
What will it take to reopen schools? It’s a pressing question quickly turning into a deafening roar. Whoa! The chaos around creating competent school reopening plans is astounding! I think it stems from our fully gone-rogue, magical thinking culture. It is normal, and perhaps even healthy to believe in things that have no logical basis to them like if I make a wish and blow out the candles my wish will come true. It is […]
Estos son tiempos de temor para la gente de todo el mundo y aquí en casa. El cierre prematuro de nuestras escuelas y el impacto a nuestra economía debido a la pandemia de coronavirus está teniendo un efecto devastador en los estudiantes con dificultades, las familias de bajos ingresos y las comunidades de color, quienes ya se sentían vulnerables antes de que la pandemia azotara California. Para las familias inmigrantes y/o de estatus mixto, el […]
These are scary times for people all around the globe and here at home. The untimely closing of our schools and shock to our economy due to the coronavirus pandemic is having a crippling effect upon struggling students, low-income families, and communities of color – all of whom were already feeling vulnerable before the pandemic hit California. For immigrant and/or mixed-status families, the virus poses an even greater threat. That is why we have compiled […]
Presented by: Dr. Mayra A. Lara, Senior Practice Associate, The Education Trust – West; and Mark Lenoir, Assistant Superintendent, Val Verde Unified School District. Less than half of California twelfth grade students and only 39 percent of low-income students graduate having completed the courses required for admission to a UC or CSU. Additionally, 4 out of 10 Latinx, Black, and Pacific Islander 3 out of 10 Native American 1 in 10 emerging bilingual (English Learners) […]
