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
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.
The Mineral Point school board called an emergency meeting for Wednesday afternoon.
After nearly two weeks of all-virtual learning, parents say they are glad their kids are back in the building.
Pre-kindergarten through eighth grade students will return to in-person instruction beginning Monday, Oct. 12.
The MMSD educator said the digital divide isn’t just a problem in the rural areas, it’s also impacting the way kids learn in cities, like Madison.
More than ten students at a Middleton elementary school are withdrawing this week, following a districtwide decision to remain all-virtual until public health metrics can be met.
The Milton School District’s hybrid model allows for some students to attend in-person throughout the week, but the Band Director Jessica Westlund took some extra creative steps to keep music education alive even in the age of COVID-19.
The coronavirus pandemic has forced another southern Wisconsin school district to cancel in-person classes temporarily.
For Madison high school and middle school students enrolled in the Food and Consumer Science classes, over 500 said they could not afford the required equipment.
New COVID-19 measures in place as students gradually resume in-person classes.
NBC15 launches year long project following classrooms across our viewing area to see how COVID-19 impacts students and schools.
Students with Autism are feeling more at ease with the smaller class sizes and expanding their curriculum with virtual class options.
Portage High School English teacher Nicole Giessel is excited to be back in her classroom this year as students return with a hybrid learning model combining virtual and in-person class time.
To learn how to save lives, in-person classes can be a life saver for students. Madison College Paramedic Academy Student Heather Seeber said, "So much of what we do as paramedics is hands-on. It’s really hard if you’re doing a virtual IV. "
Most students who attend Van Buren Elementary School in Janesville are physically in class but there are some major rule changes they need to keep in mind
NBC15 launches year long project following classrooms across our viewing area to see how COVID-19 impacts students and schools.