In the interest of student and faculty safety during the unrelenting COVID-19 pandemic, Atlanta Public School (APS) students will be learning virtually for, potentially, the first nine weeks of the new school year. To bridge the digital divide, new Superintendent Lisa Herring estimates needing 6,000 to 10,000 devices for students by day one on Aug….
A new study says some metro-Atlanta children will not be able to keep up as a result of a shift to online educating.
Two parent-driven organizations are stepping up to help Atlanta Public Schools families who may be struggling with housing, food insecurity or other needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Atlanta Thrive and the Latino Association for Parents in Public Schools recently announced plans to distribute $100,000 to those affected by the pandemic. The funding comes from the…
Atlanta Public Schools, the DeKalb County School District, and the Clayton County Public Schools recently announced plans for the beginning of the 2020-21 school year. All three school systems plan to begin the year virtually, based on current public health data on the spread of the coronavirus in metro Atlanta. The districts said they followed…
redefinED atlanta and Learn4Life Release Report that Estimates the Impact of COVID-19 School Closures on Metro Atlanta Student Achievement and Outlines Solutions to Address Decline ATLANTA – (June 16, 2020) – redefinED atlanta and Learn4Life (L4L) today announced the release of a new study, “Quantifying the Impact of School Closures on Metro Atlanta Student Proficiency.” The report estimates today about 21,000 fewer students in ELA and 29,000 fewer…
– Hundreds of Atlanta Families Benefited Through the “For Us By Us Atlanta Fund” – ATLANTA – (June 26, 2020) – redefinED atlanta, a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that every student in Atlanta has the opportunity to attend a high-quality public school, announced that it recently awarded a $100,000 grant to two parent groups, The…
A study released by two organizations states about 21,000 less students in English language arts and about 29,000 fewer in math are on track for grade-level proficiency than prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, when schools shifted to online classes.
Equitable public education is not only the fair and just thing for society, it’s also crucial to any city’s development. Progress in Atlanta, however, has been painfully slow.
Metro Atlanta CEO coverage of the Quantifying the Impact of COVID-19 School Closures on Metro Atlanta Student Proficiency report commissioned by redefinED and Learn4Life Metro Atlanta.
Metro Atlanta public school students lost about nine weeks of in-person instruction when schools switched to virtual learning in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. That likely caused thousands of Atlanta public school students to fall behind, according to a new analysis commissioned by non-profits Learn4Life and redefinEd atlanta.