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The Nation''s Voice for Urban Education

April 2020 • Vol. 29, No. 3

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Urban School Districts Rise to the Challenge

When the novel coronavirus pandemic forced the nation’s urban school districts to close, administrators had only a few days to prepare and figure out how to meet the nutritional and educational needs of their students. But they rose to the challenge, and since March have provided more than a million meals, distributed mobile devices and launched online instruction—or ‘classrooms in the clouds’—for thousands of students.

This issue of the April Urban Educator highlights three districts—Miami, Dallas and Long Beach—that have made the transition to a remote learning environment, spotlights how Austin is providing internet access to its students and also features a story on how urban school districts have navigated roadblocks to deliver meals to students and families.

“It''s pretty remarkable when you think about the millions of urban school students we are trying to serve, all at one time, with almost no notice whatsoever during this unprecedented upheaval,” said Michael Casserly, the executive director of the Council of the Great City Schools. “My hats off to everyone for the time and energy devoted to this herculean effort and the strides being made."

Miami’s Early Preparation Pays Off In Launch of Distance Learning

On March 16, Miami-Dade County Public Schools closed schools due to the coronavirus pandemic. But officials in the nation’s fourth largest school district had been preparing for the possibility of school closures since January, when Miami Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho began ordering full-scale preparation for the possibility of having to shut down schools due to COVID-19.

Dallas Makes a Smooth Transition to At-Home Learning

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the nation’s urban school districts to transition to online learning abruptly and with little time to plan.

And while many school systems are making tremendous strides in this area, Dallas Independent School District stands out as a large district comparatively well prepared for the emergency.

Long Beach Ramps Up Professional Development for Remote Learning

California’s Long Beach Unified School District closed schools on March 13 to slow the transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and announced plans to offer home learning opportunities for its students beginning March 23.

Austin Turns to Buses to Provide Internet Access

After closing schools to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), many school districts are transitioning to online learning. Yet one of the biggest challenges they face is providing internet access to those students who live in households without WiFi capability.

Districts Scramble to Deliver Meals During Crisis

With the aim of ensuring student – and staff -- health and well-being, the nation’s urban school districts had to pivot and, in many instances, pivot again to run emergency meal operations in the wake of school closures due to the Covid-19 crisis.

Long Beach Promotes Jill Baker to Top Post, Albuquerque Names Interim

Jill Baker, deputy superintendent of California’s Long Beach United School District, has been named superintendent in a unanimous vote of the school board. She will succeed Christopher Steinhauser, who will retire this summer after 18 years in the post.

Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite Stresses the Importance of 2020 Census

As superintendents and school boards across the nation continue to help children learn during the COVID-19 pandemic, the vital role that schools play in students’ lives has never been clearer.

Six Urban Schools Ranked Among The Nation’s Top 10

U.S. News & World Report recently released its 2020 edition of “Best High Schools,” ranking six schools in districts represented by the Council of the Great City Schools in the top 10 of more than 17,700 public schools evaluated nationwide.

Big-City School Districts Push to Get Everyone Counted in 2020 Census

The official launch of the 2020 U.S Census was March 11, 2020 and households across the nation will soon begin receiving official U.S. Census Bureau mail with information on how to complete the census online, by phone or by mail.

New Leaders Named in Nashville and Norfolk

Tennessee’s Metro Nashville Public Schools decided they didn’t have to go far to select a new leader. The school board recently cancelled their search for a director of schools and named Adrienne Battle, who has served as the district’s interim director for the past 11 months, to lead the 86,000-student school system.

Memphis Program Aims to Increase the Number of Male Educators of Color

“None of my teachers look like me,” is a common refrain of African-American male students in the nation’s public school systems, and it is not a surprising observation. According to the U.S. Department of Education, only two percent of public school educators nationally are black males.

El Paso Twins Accepted to West Point and Annapolis Academies

Twin brothers Eric and David Esqueda will face a new challenge following the end of their senior year at Jefferson/Silva High School in El Paso, Texas. The brothers will head to different military academies in the fall.

Legislative Column

Unrealistic Cuts in Funding Proposed in Administration’s FY 2021 Education Budget

President Donald Trump unveiled his FY 2021 Federal Budget request with virtually no support or interest among education groups or on Capitol Hill. The Education Department proposed a 10 percent funding cut, effectively replicating many of the reductions previously rejected by Congress.

Newspaper Honors Urban School Leaders in Houston, Tulsa, and Palm Beach

The lead nutritionist in the Houston Independent School District, the chief financial officer in Tulsa Public Schools and the head of human resources in Florida’s School District of Palm Beach County are among Education Week’s dozen winners of its 2020 “Leaders to Learn From” competition.

Districts Partner with Local TV Stations to Provide Educational Programming

Television time quickly evolved into learning time as districts and media groups across the nation formed partnerships to deliver daytime educational programming once schools shut down due to the coronavirus.

Urban Districts Gear Up for Virtual Summer School

The coronavirus forced urban school districts to shut their doors in March and keep them closed through the end of the academic year. In an effort to mitigate the learning loss students have experienced due to school closures, many districts are implementing summer programs for their students.

Educators Aim for Long-Term Solution to Internet Access

When the Cleveland Metropolitan School District was forced to close its schools because of the coronavirus, the district had to scramble to distribute 13,000 computer devices and nearly 9,000 hotspots to students who did not have access to computers or the internet.

New Superintendents Named in Atlanta and Rochester

The Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education has hired Lisa Herring to a three-year contract as the district’s superintendent beginning July 1.

Former First Lady Laura Bush and Presidential Candidate Julian Castro to Speak at Fall Conference

Two Texans -- Laura Bush, former First Lady of the United States, and Julian Castro, secretary of housing and urban development in the Obama administration – will address urban educators at the Council of the Great City Schools’ 64th Fall Conference scheduled for Oct. 14-18 in Dallas.

Extraordinary Employees

Across the nation, urban school district employees have gone above and beyond the call of duty during the coronavirus pandemic, from passing out meals, to distributing laptops, to conducting lessons online and making house calls.