Are your kids ready for remote learning?

Aug 25, 2020, 12:23 PM

Custodian Cynthia Adams cleans a desk in a classroom at Brubaker Elementary School. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

KIRO Newsradio Producer

KIRO Radio’s Dave Ross and reporter Aaron Granillo discuss the mental health of kids heading into an online-only start to their school year. Are schools, parents, and teachers prepared?

Plus, some important updated guidelines:

The World Health Organization changes their recommendations for young children wearing masks.
The Food and Drug Administration retracts some of their confidence in convalescent plasma therapy and clears up a misleading statistic.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has new guidelines for how to travel safely.

Dave Ross

Photo: A pro-Palestinian demonstration takes place outside the link light rail station at the Unive...

Dave Ross

Ross: Does the right to protest outweigh the right to learn?

When does a protest cross the line? I can answer that. When it devolves into violence, obviously it crosses a line.

2 days ago

Dave Ross

Ross: Tracking employees’ vital signs at work via privacy pods, what could go wrong?

I saw a Bloomberg story about the latest innovation to reduce your stress level at work: Privacy pods.

1 month ago

Dave Ross

Ross: Are we killing car culture? Or is car culture killing the US?

I don’t think the question is whether we're going to "kill" our car culture. The real question is can we stop our car culture from killing the U.S.?

1 month ago

Dave Ross

Ross: As cars release driving data to insurance, is your driving my business?

Every move you make, every swerve you take, every lane change you fake – someone’s watching you. Do drivers have a right to keep driving data private?

1 month ago