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Covid Superspreader Risk Is Linked to Restaurants, Gyms, Hotels

Kristen V. Brown

November 10, 2020 |

Bloomberg |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Data from mobile phones was used to create infection models that present how COVID-19 is spreading. Researchers plotted where people went, where they were coming from, how crowded those places were, and how long they stayed there alongside the number of cases in those neighborhoods to show that the three most common places of catching the virus are restaurants, gyms, and hotels. The research can inform public policy decisions to keep people safe by implementing effective and limited lockdowns which can prevent the spread of the virus as well as limit the financial fallout for businesses.

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How the Navajo Nation helped push Democrats ahead in Arizona

Rachel Ramirez

November 10, 2020 |

Vox |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Arizona

Voter outreach campaigns effectively boosted turnout among Native voters. The Rural Utah Project left informational flyers inside plastic bags at people’s doors (a Covid-19 tactical adjustment), held drive-through voter registration events, ran hotlines to assist indigenous voters, and partnered with Google to create street addresses using latitude and longitude-based plus codes. Senate candidate Mark Kelly ran ads in the Diné language to reach Navajo Nation voters. Precinct data shows 60-90% of Arizona Navajo Nation voters chose Democrats, a rate that pushed Biden and Kelly to a slim victory.

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Students meet in Austin churches for free, virtual learning pods during pandemic

Erin Cargile

November 09, 2020 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

In Austin, some families pay upwards of $1,300 a month to place their children in learning pods, an option not all families can afford. To help working families an organization launched Community Pods, which offers the same learning pod service for free. Teachers with Community Pods help students with their virtual classes. Students also receive meals and snacks. Around 45 students are participating, but the goal is to serve 100.

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Nashville creates help centers to get struggling English Learners online for school

Stassy Olmos

November 09, 2020 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

In Nashville, school officials quickly found out that English Learner families were technologically falling behind and not logging into class. The school district decided to help families by creating 10 in-person tech hubs, where students could get more specilialized help. “By October, the hubs had seen more than 5,000 families.”

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How electric cooperatives are helping Texas students tackle pandemic learning

Tahera Rahman

November 09, 2020 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Moulton, Texas

Around 20% of high school students in rural Moulton Independent School District in Texas don't have the vital internet connection they need to complete their assignments. Students at Shiner Independent School District, also a rural area school, faced similar issues. Both districts teamed up with Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative, a non-profit utility company, which distributed 20 unlimited data hotspots to Moulton at a $40 monthly cost, as opposed to $200+ cost. Along with individual mobile hotspots, GVEC also turned the Shiner school parking lot into a larger hotspot.

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School districts think outside the cafeteria to get students meals amid pandemic

Faith Woodard

November 09, 2020 |

KVEO-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, McAllen, Texas

School districts in the Rio Grande area of Texas are turning to alternatives to deliver meals to students who are remote-learning. Programs like school curbside pick-up, and meals on wheels, where a bus loaded has designated stops where families can pick up meals, have emerged. One district in the area delivers up to 6,000 meals to students.

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Tracking incomplete grades moves students forward – with extra focus from educators

Lex Gray

November 09, 2020 |

WAVY-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk Public Schools had a unique approach to addressing student performance post-pandemic—giving students an incomplete instead of failing them. The move revealed racial disparities that allowed the district to respond. “Of the 12,455 incomplete grades submitted, 71% went to Black students.” The district acted on that information and gave devices to students, limited instruction to four times a week to prevent teacher burnout, and placed a bus driver at every school to send staff to communities.

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School districts, local partners help feed thousands of kids despite school closures

Jackie Kingston

November 09, 2020 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Amarillo, Texas

An estimated one-in-three students in the Texas Panhandle is experiencing food insecurity. In Amarillo, Texas, a local food bank, and two school districts are feeding students. “Between Amarillo and Canyon school districts and the Kid’s Cafe, more than 41,000 meals are served every day, and more than one million meals were served through Amarillo ISD’s drive and walk-up food distribution sites in March and April.”

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How California teachers are making bilingual education work online

Zaidee Stavely

November 06, 2020 |

EdSource |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

Teachers in some California dual-language classrooms are coming up with creative ways to help students practice and learn languages during remote-only learning. Across Fresno Unified School District, teachers develop and share lessons, record videos, and have students use educational programs like Flipgrid or Seesaw so students can record themselves speaking Spanish. During some Zoom breakout groups, teachers select a fluent language speaker in the group to model pronunciation for others.

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Urban farmers in Richmond are helping in the fight against food insecurity

Cameron Nielsen

November 05, 2020 |

Richmond Confidential |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

Urban Tilth, an urban farm in California, is providing food directly to communities in need and upending the traditional food supply chain so they can help people access healthy and sustainably-grown food. They have been providing local organic food to 190 families financially impacted by COVID-19, almost six times more food they’ve distributed since the pandemic began.

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