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We know COVID-19 will impact your child’s school year. All month long, we’re asking questions—to help you prepare. Questions like how will they clean classrooms and keep the virus out? Whether your child is learning in the classroom or at home, you have some big choices to make, and a new normal to navigate. We’re here to help you with special reports in all of our newscasts and here on NBC15.com
Class During Covid: The “Covid-slide” in standardized test scoresThe pandemic has disrupted the entire education system and that includes standardized tests. NBC15’s Amy Pflugshaupt explores what’s the right answer when trying to measure student success.
More local school districts are learning when and where their staff members can line up for the COVID-19 vaccine, including the Brodhead School District.The district has planned an early release day for January 27th, so that their educators will have the remainder of the day to get vaccinated.
The health department says there were extra doses from the Phase 1a roll-out that are being given to essential workers.
As students head back to the classroom, the Verona Area School District is asking staff and the community to become bus drivers.
One kindergarten student’s struggle and how his mom and teacher are working together to help him grow.
As the first semester of her Paramedic Academy training at Madison College comes to a close, Madison Firefighter Tasha Kirch, a student in the class, said things are starting to click.
NBC15’s Amy Pflugshaupt is checking in with Patrick Marsh Middle School in Sun Prairie to see the changes they are making to make sure students’ needs are met during virtual learning.
The Sun Prairie School District welcomed back some of its youngest learners on Monday.
School districts from coast to coast have reported the number of students failing classes has risen by as many as two or three times.
It’s a Thanksgiving tradition for many of us to reflect on the things we’re thankful for.
NBC15’s Amy Pflugshaupt followed up with Doug Maughan, a seventh-grade science and social studies teacher at Patrick Marsh Middle School to see where student and teachers are at heading into the holiday season.
NBC15 News has been following five different classrooms, from elementary school to college level, in our "Class During Covid" series. With the Thanksgiving holiday approaching, we checked in with the director of the Paramedic Program at Madison College to see how the Paramedic Academy class has been going during this challenging school year.
Some schools in the district have switched back and forth between online learning and a hybrid model, but this is the first time all schools have made the switch.
The Baraboo School District announced Wednesday that families will get to choose their preferred model of teaching and learning for the second half of the school year beginning next week.
Students learning vital skills needed to become paramedics have had to be flexible at Madison College Paramedic Academy. Most students have had to rely upon high-tech "sim manikins" to learn hands-on skills they'd normally learn working with human patients at hospitals or in care centers. Those health facilities have restricted access because of COVID-19 concerns.
Portage High School English teacher Nicole Giessel said with all the changes this school year, there are also changes to assessments to accurately measure student learning.
Measuring the success in the classroom in this new Covid-era of education. NBC15 answers: What does this look like and how are students measuring up? This is part of NBC15’s special series: Class During Covid.
Students are shutting off their Zoom cameras out of fear that others will take pictures of them and share to social media, a Middleton Cross Plains district spokesperson says.
Examining performance and participation as students enter week 8 of virtual learning at West Middleton Elementary School.
The switch to virtual schooling has been a challenge for many families, but one Madison family has been doing it for years. They say virtual learning works better for them.
New Glarus students will be learning from home for the rest of the month.
Families can pick up their students' Ipad and charging card via drive-through at the school’s main entrance between the hours of 12 p.m and 3 p.m Monday, Oct. 19.
The Madison Metropolitan School District will stick with virtual learning for all grade levels for the rest of the semester.
District staff say this is a precautionary measure after staff exhibited COVID-19 symptoms.
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate dropped from 6.3% in August to 5.4% in September.