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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

Back To School

Doug Maughan is using a mix of “old school” school supplies and new technology to stay...

Class During Covid: The “Covid-slide” in standardized test scores

Updated: 7 minutes ago
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By Amy Pflugshaupt
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.

Education

Brodhead High School

Brodhead School District scheduled for vaccinations, may go full in-person soon

Updated: Jan. 19, 2021 at 4:43 PM CST
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By Erin Sullivan
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.

Coronavirus

The health department says there were extra doses from the Phase 1A roll-out that are being...

Jefferson Co. teachers to receive vaccinations Thursday

Updated: Jan. 13, 2021 at 6:13 PM CST
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By Gabriella Rusk
The health department says there were extra doses from the Phase 1a roll-out that are being given to essential workers.

Back To School

Verona schools and Badger Bus are teaming up to recruit nearly a dozen school bus drivers.

Verona schools and Badger Bus partner to solve school bus driver shortage

Updated: Jan. 13, 2021 at 5:08 PM CST
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By Sanika Bhargaw
As students head back to the classroom, the Verona Area School District is asking staff and the community to become bus drivers.

Back To School

Mrs. Amy Blake teaches a small group of kindergarten students through zoom.

Class During COVID: mental health concerns are heightened for teachers, students and parents

Updated: Jan. 8, 2021 at 5:16 PM CST
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By Leigh Mills
One kindergarten student’s struggle and how his mom and teacher are working together to help him grow.

Back To School

Tasha Kirch

Class During Covid: Paramedic Academy training at Madison College comes to a close for the semester

Updated: Dec. 24, 2020 at 7:33 PM CST
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By John Stofflet
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.

Back To School

Once a week, teachers and staff at Patrick Marsh Middle School in Sun Prairie have team...

Class During Covid: Adapting to the mental health needs of middle school students

Updated: Dec. 23, 2020 at 2:04 PM CST
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By Amy Pflugshaupt
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.

Back To School

Class During COVID: Sun Prairie Area School District brings some students back to school

Updated: Dec. 7, 2020 at 9:59 PM CST
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By Juliana Tornabene and Amy Pflugshaupt
The Sun Prairie School District welcomed back some of its youngest learners on Monday.

News

Classroom full of desks. Credit: ZUMA / MGN

Schools confront ‘off the rails’ numbers of failing grades

Updated: Dec. 6, 2020 at 4:53 PM CST
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By CAROLYN THOMPSON
School districts from coast to coast have reported the number of students failing classes has risen by as many as two or three times.

Back To School

Class During COVID

Class during COVID: West Middleton Elementary teacher reflects on what she’s thankful for this Thanksgiving

Updated: Nov. 26, 2020 at 9:05 PM CST
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By Leigh Mills
It’s a Thanksgiving tradition for many of us to reflect on the things we’re thankful for.

Back To School

Doug Maughan is using a mix of “old school” school supplies and new technology to stay...

Class During COVID: What the holidays look like for the Sun Prairie School District

Updated: Nov. 25, 2020 at 10:27 PM CST
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By Amy Pflugshaupt
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.

News

Madison College Paramedic Academy students train using a high tech "manikin".
(Photo: Madison...

Class During Covid: Madison College Paramedic Program director grateful as Thanksgiving approaches

Updated: Nov. 22, 2020 at 6:40 PM CST
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By John Stofflet
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.

Back To School

Some schools in the district have switched back and forth between online learning and a hybrid...

Monroe schools move to all-virtual learning until Thanksgiving

Updated: Nov. 17, 2020 at 7:18 PM CST
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By Sanika Bhargaw
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.

News

Baraboo School District to release instruction mode options to families next week

Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 at 9:06 PM CST
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By Gretchen Gerlach
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.

Back To School

Madison College Paramedic Academy students learn skills using a "manikin"

Class During Covid: Madison College Paramedic Academy students and instructors adapt as semester moves forward

Updated: Oct. 30, 2020 at 6:00 PM CDT
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By John Stofflet
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.

News

Nicole Giessel works with two students in her AP Language class.

Portage High School English teacher changes assessment style, gives more grace, this school year

Updated: Oct. 29, 2020 at 10:00 PM CDT
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By Isabel Lawrence
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.

Back To School

Patrick Marsh Middle School in Sun Prairie

Class During Covid: How teachers at Patrick Marsh Middle School are measuring success

Updated: Oct. 28, 2020 at 10:34 PM CDT
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By Amy Pflugshaupt
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.

Back To School

Students are shutting off their Zoom cameras out of fear that others will take pictures of them...

Bullying finds way into virtual classrooms

Updated: Oct. 27, 2020 at 10:28 PM CDT
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By Michelle Baik
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.

Back To School

Miss Amy Aschenbeck works with her students in a live, small group to focus on on learning...

Class During COVID: West Middleton Elementary

Updated: Oct. 26, 2020 at 9:37 PM CDT
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By Leigh Mills
Examining performance and participation as students enter week 8 of virtual learning at West Middleton Elementary School.

Back To School

12th grader Ian Santin switched to online schooling five years ago.

Why online school works better for this Madison family

Updated: Oct. 24, 2020 at 6:38 PM CDT
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By Michelle Baik
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.

Back To School

New Glarus district switches to all-virtual for two weeks

Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 10:23 AM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
New Glarus students will be learning from home for the rest of the month.

Back To School

Janesville elementary school to move to online instruction due to staff shortage following COVID-19 cases

Updated: Oct. 17, 2020 at 12:34 PM CDT
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By Vanessa Reza
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.

Back To School

Madison schools sticking with virtual learning for all grades in 2nd quarter

Updated: Oct. 16, 2020 at 10:18 AM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
The Madison Metropolitan School District will stick with virtual learning for all grade levels for the rest of the semester.

Back To School

MMSD closes Orchard Ridge, Toki school buildings

Updated: Oct. 16, 2020 at 7:45 AM CDT
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By Gabriella Rusk
District staff say this is a precautionary measure after staff exhibited COVID-19 symptoms.

Back To School

Wisconsin unemployment drops to 5.4% in September

Updated: Oct. 15, 2020 at 12:29 PM CDT
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By Associated Press
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate dropped from 6.3% in August to 5.4% in September.
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