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Showing posts with label Corona Virus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Corona Virus. Show all posts
Saturday, December 12, 2020

If you see something say something...anonymous COVID reporting for teachers, parents, and students: The Covid Monitor

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  Link here:  The COVID Monitor (arcgis.com) Best Practices link here . The COVID Monitor A safe and anonymous way for teachers, staff, stud...

Infected after 5 minutes, from 20 feet away: South Korea study shows coronavirus’ spread indoors

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 From the Los Angeles Times, by reporter Victoria Kim. Full story here . SEOUL —  Dr. Lee Ju-hyung has largely avoided restaurants in recent...
Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Senegal's quiet COVID success: Test results in 24 hours, temperature checks at every store, no fights over masks

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  COVID-19 test results come back within 24 hours – or even faster. Hotels have been transformed into quarantine units. Scientists are racin...
Thursday, August 27, 2020

Florida confirmed 9K new COVID-19 cases among children within 15 days as schools reopen

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Florida confirmed almost 9,000 new COVID-19 cases among children within 15 days in August as schools reopen, according to state data releas...

MCPS Details Fall Semester Plan

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https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/mcps-details-fall-semester-plans/2401159/

Parents wait hours to pick up laptops for virtual learning

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CLARKSBURG, Md. — Traffic was at a standstill most of the day near Rocky Hill Middle School in Clarksburg while parents waited hours to ...

MCPS OKs reopening plan for Monday’s start of classes

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This story is part of “ Parenting in a Pandemic ,” WTOP’s continuing coverage of how parents are dealing with child care, schooling and m...

Montgomery County Health officer says his authority to enforce safety is unclear

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...“When the governor asked us to rescind our order … the state promised they would be providing guidelines for local jurisdictions in te...
Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Montgomery County Claims They Post When a School is Closed Due to COVID-19.

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The county continues to say that it is still not safe for non-public schools to open... pic.twitter.com/uenuUBSUfe — MyMCMedia (@mymcmedi...

Zoom-based opera for preschoolers might sound like your worst nightmare. But it’s actually the best Zoom there is.

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...Kids today are a bit more hands-on, as I discovered during a recent session of “ Opera Starts With Oh! ,” an opera education program ...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Special Education students are being left behind | READER COMMENTARY

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I’m the mother of a 14 year old son with non-verbal, regressive autism. He has epilepsy, PANDAS and other co-existing conditions. Nothi...

Maryland board could require schools to provide at least 3½ hours of live instruction

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The state school board Tuesday is expected to vote on whether to require school districts to offer students a minimum of 3½ hours of li...

COVID-19 Is Transmitted Through Aerosols. We Have Enough Evidence, Now It Is Time to Act

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Many months into the  COVID-19  pandemic, the coronavirus is still spreading uncontrolled through the U.S. Public health authorities incl...
Monday, August 24, 2020

Why Parents, With ‘No Good Choice’ This School Year, Are Blaming One Another

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It’s the newest front in America’s parenting wars. Parents, forced to figure out how to care for and educate their children in a pandem...

Pandemic parents: Why can child care open in schools that won’t allow classes?

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Schools in Montgomery County won’t open for traditional classes in the fall, but hundreds of elementary schoolchildren may be taking par...

Contact Tracing: Maine CDC now links 53 COVID-19 cases to Millinocket wedding reception

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The news follows the announcement of 32 new coronavirus cases and one additional death Saturday. A woman who did not attend the recept...

Covid in the Classroom? Some Schools Are Keeping It Quiet

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Some states and school districts provide detailed data on school outbreaks. Others choose to keep such information under wraps. On the ...
Sunday, August 23, 2020

More Planning Time, from MCPS Teacher Ms. Rooney

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The Essential Step-by-Step Guide to Forming a Pod During a Pandemic

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A Framework for Making Decisions from Parents in Public Health The 2020–2021 school year promises to be unlike any other. COVID-19 is fo...
Saturday, August 22, 2020

NYT: Coronavirus Schools Briefing

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https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/coronavirus-schools-briefing?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200821&instance_id=21485&nl=the-mor...