Incomplete data show academic slippage as many K-12 students learned from home. The push is now on to return to the classroom — safely.

Teachers in the Central Oregon school district have gotten creative and put extra energy into engaging their students online.

The small, high-desert district, one of the few to host in-person classes, has a 94% attendance rate.

At Banks High School, teachers employ a variety of strategies to ensure that students don’t log in and then tune out.

Estacada school officials branch out to connect with students in rural Clackamas County.

Based on a couple key indicators, students of color are lagging behind white students during distance learning, although the disparity seems smaller in rural districts.

As high school students juggle responsibilities of a job or child care, one school district experiments with evening tutoring.

“I’ve been emailing my fourth grader’s teacher saying, ‘Hey, we’re lost.’ But it’s after-hours, so he can’t really help me.”

In response to COVID-19, the state closed its classrooms in spring and will keep kids at home to start the new school year.

Jefferson County school officials are working to ensure recent graduation rate gains don’t falter with a shift to distance learning.

Officials at the Central Oregon school district say a focus on individual student needs has helped almost everyone, particularly Latinos and Native Americans.