Women are losing the work-from-home battle for space
It's just past 10 a.m. and my partner, on his third virtual meeting today, is working nonstop in our home office. My son has taken over the family room to attend a virtual science camp and video-editing classes and to play video games. I now realize that this will be his workspace to attend distance learning classes in the fall. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - August 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
In a rural California town, schools try something extraordinary and risky: Classrooms with children
In a vast, rural Northern California county with few cases of COVID-19, a public school district reopened to in-classroom instruction, even as most in the state are doing virtual distance learning. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - August 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Hailey Branson-Potts Source Type: news
Op-Ed: Tips for panicked parents on how to survive distance learning this fall
As a parent or guardian in the time of COVID, remember you are already a teacher — and that learning opportunities are everywhere. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - August 11, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Powers and Daniel Diaz Source Type: news
Letters to the Editor: Teachers desperately need expert help on distance learning now
The experts who say distance learning is here to stay need to offer teachers guidance on day-to-day lesson plans and more. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - August 11, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Building Resilience in Pacific Education
By Michelle BelisleNOUMEA, New Caledonia, Aug 10 2020 (IPS) School as we all know it hasn’t changed that much in over a century. However, in the face of new threats to health and wellbeing, the future of those familiar structures that bring teachers and students together is starting to be questioned.
Large numbers of people in crowded spaces for long periods – it all runs contrary to what the experts advise to keep us safe from contagious diseases like COVID-19. Class size is no longer an academic debate over quality of instruction versus budgetary restrictions, but rather a life and death discussion of the transmissi...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Michelle Belisle Tags: Economy & Trade Education Featured Gender Global Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Inequity TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
What resources are available for special ed students in the middle of the pandemic?
Many of the hands-on therapies and services that special needs students received before campuses shut down can't be adequately delivered via distance learning. Also, the state has waived timelines that allow students to quickly receive assessments, which determine the services needed for each child. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - August 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Children with disabilities are regressing. How much is distance learning to blame?
California has mandated that school districts continue to provide special education to students with disabilities during the pandemic, but has waived key timelines that allow students to receive assessments and services quickly. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - August 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sonali Kohli Source Type: news
Program Cuts Outpatient Antibiotic Rx for Peds Respiratory Infections
Distance learning program includes online tutorials, webinars; video vignettes; individualized feedback (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - August 4, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Family Medicine, Infections, Nursing, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Pulmonology, Journal, Source Type: news
Program Cuts Outpatient Antibiotic Rx for Peds Respiratory Infections
TUESDAY, Aug. 4, 2020 -- A distance learning program is effective for reducing outpatient prescribing for pediatric acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI) visits, according to a study published online Aug. 3 in Pediatrics.
Matthew P. Kronman,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 4, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Complete your COVID-19 back-to-school checklist
Families and school districts are weighing difficult decisions on whether to return to school in person, online or a combination of both during the COVID-19 pandemic."No matter what education model is chosen -- in-person, distance learning or a hybrid of the two, we want to provide guidance to parents, children, teachers and staff on how [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - July 29, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Parents rush to hire tutors and create learning pods. But not everyone has options
Frantic parents with resources are rushing to hire tutors and form learning pods to bring distance learning to their homes and backyards amid coronavirus school closures. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - July 22, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sonali Kohli, Nina Agrawal Source Type: news
Parents, what are your questions about the coming school year?
Many schools in Southern California return to distance learning in the fall. Ask the L.A. Times your questions, and we'll do our best to get answers. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - July 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Los Angeles Times Staff Source Type: news
L.A. Latino, Black students suffered deep disparities in online learning, records show
A first-of-its-kind LAUSD analysis of distance learning shows deep disparities in online learning. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - July 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Paloma Esquivel, Howard Blume Source Type: news
Will schools be safe this fall?
As schools begin to share their plans for reopening, concern is growing over how to safely protect children, their families and teachers as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to surge.The alternative to children returning to the classroom is remote learning, an option that Los Angeles Unified School District has announced it will implement. But that, too, presents its own challenges for families. In an interview with UCLA Health, Dr. Nava Yeganeh, a pediatric infectious disease specialist atUCLA Mattel Children ’s Hospital who serves on several school COVID-19 task forces, shares her advice about the prec...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - July 15, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
UNESCO, UNHCR & EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT Call for the Inclusion of Refugees in the Post-Covid-19 Education Effort
Angelina Jolie with Syrian refugees. Credit: UNHCR / Laban MatteiBy External SourceNEW YORK, Jul 14 2020 (IPS-Partners) We must not leave young refugees by the wayside, urged UNESCO, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Education Cannot Wait as they urged more support in favour of young refugees’ education during an online debate today, moderated by UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie, on how best to provide them with improved learning during and after the pandemic.
“Mobilizing for refugees is extremely urgent at a time when they are particularly vulnerable to the Covid-19 crisis ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: External Source Tags: Education Health Migration & Refugees Source Type: news
