back to school

A fifth-grade teacher in Colorado Springs is turning to social media to get people to understand how different classrooms will look this fall due to the pandemic, including desks spaced far apart and scheduled bathroom breaks.

Consumer Reports outlines a few tech supplies that students will need for back-to-school in a time of distance and virtual learning.

Summer break has come to an end in the South Bay as students from the Sweetwater Union High School District are set to return to online learning Monday morning.

It’s the first day of school for Sweetwater Union High School District students and though they’re hitting the books again, they’re not heading back to class due to the pandemic.

It’s the first day of school for Sweetwater Union High School Students but rather than head back to class, they’ll continue with online learning.

As the academic year begins in many places across the country this week, parents are having to choose whether to send their children for in-person classes or keep them home for remote learning because of the coronavirus pandemic.

NBC 7 education reporter Rory Devine spoke with parents, students and teachers about the release of San Diego Unified’s long-awaited plan for the upcoming school year.

San Diego Unified Superintendent Cindy Marten said the year will begin with a sort of “parent university” and orientation for students to get everybody up to speed, reports NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez.

According to the San Diego County Office of Education, elementary schools may reopen if approved for a waiver by the state.

California State Superintendent addressed back to school concerns. NBC 7’s Melissa Adan has more details.

This summer, more than a dozen states are offering shoppers a back-to-school sales tax break. Whether it’ll be enough to draw legions of parents to mom-and-pop shops amid a pandemic is looking iffy. Depending on the state where you’re shopping, you can knock off anywhere from 4% (Alabama) to 7% (Tennessee) when you’re buying clothes, shoes and school supplies...

Are you a parent, a student, or teacher or administrator thinking about the looming school semester ahead? Tell us how you’re feeling about the impending school semester, and what you think should be the right thing for school districts to do.

It was back-to-school on Thursday — in-person — for dozens of students at Abraxas High School in Poway. The students are part of the Transition Program, which serves young adults with developmental disabilities. Angie Bitsko said she was excited to drop her son Jared off for his first day of school in the morning. The 21-year-old has Down Syndrome. “Not…

Dozens of students in Poway are back in school — NBC 7’s Audra Stafford reports, however, that only some of the students returned to campus at Abraxas High School on Thursday.

As the Trump administration pushes full steam ahead to force U.S. schools to resume in-person education, public health experts warn that a one-size-fits-all reopening could drive infection and death rates even higher

Hundreds of millions of students in other countries have resumed their schooling amid the coronavirus pandemic, with varying successes per country.

San Diego County school districts are trying to adapt to ever-changing calls by health officials while planning students’ return to school as the number of positive COVID-19 cases continue to fluctuate locally.

San Diego County school districts have detailed different approaches on how to reopen school but given how unpredictable the coronavirus pandemic is, questions have emerged.

Educators, child experts and parents are debating the pros and cons of reopening schools in time for the fall semester, as the coronavirus shows no signs of stopping for certain regions of the country.

Poway Unified School District (PUSD) will present on Thursday two possible learning models parents can select for their children for the 2020-2021 school year.