Google Maps has added “a fresh color scheme, including a different look for parks and city blocks,” writes SFGate. “But it’s the changes to the app’s all-important road maps that are rankling online commentators…”
Previously, highways and freeways were depicted in bright yellow, which stood out against a stark white grid. Now, the app shows every road in various shades of gray, with major thoroughfares like Interstate 80 and Highway 1 showing up darker and thicker than other roadways. Raynell Cooper, an employee at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, called the new look “cartographically disappointing” in a Monday post to X, formerly known as Twitter. He added, “major local roads and limited-access highways (freeways) are basically indistinguishable.”
TechRadar has a side-by-side comparison of the old and new color schemes, quoting one Reddit who says the new one is a bit harder to read quickly. “The toned down look is cute but not practical.”
And the Evening Standard shares more negative reactions, including one user who complained the new color scheme is “shockingly bad.”
“Hate it hate it hate it hate it. Yellow roads were so good, and everything was bright and cheery,” states another person on Reddit. “Now it’s depressing and the roads are hard to see when not fairly zoomed in, they just don’t pop like the yellow did.
One Reddit user offered another complaint. “I think the water is a fairly significant change, it’s a much closer shade to the green of the land which makes it a little harder to differentiate at a quick glance.”

And another criticism came from a post on X. “15 years ago, I helped design Google Maps…” wrote designer Elizabeth Laraki. “Last week, the team dramatically changed the map’s visual design. I don’t love it.”

It feels colder, less accurate and less human. But more importantly, they missed a key opportunity to simplify and scale… Google Maps should have cleaned up the crud overlaying the map. So much stuff has accumulated on top of the map. Currently there are ~11 different elements obscuring it.
Tech blogger John Gruber writes, “This is a very long way of saying that Google Maps’s app design should be like Apple Maps.”

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Caltrans has scheduled a full day closure of the San Francisco Bay Trail near Cordilleras Creek Bridge in Redwood City starting at 7 a.m. on Monday.

The one-day bike path closure will allow our contractors to do work pertaining to the Cordilleras Creek Bridge Replacement Project.

The Bay Trail Bike Path closure will be in place starting at the entrance of Blair Island Road and ending at entrance of Twin Dolphins Drive in San Carlos, during the hours of 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Improving the sustainability of key ingredients in millions of household products in just seven years, are industry-wide targets set by the Royal Society of Chemistry-convened task force working towards a way forward for the global polymers in liquid formulations (PLFs) industry. By sharing information, leaders of some of the largest chemical using, product-making and waste management companies, believe that it will be possible to develop and scale the first biodegradable PLFs and advance circular economy infrastructure for these chemicals by 2030. These two goals underpin an ambition for industry-wide transition for the $125 billion sector to become sustainable by 2040.

Currently, the way that PLFs are made, used and disposed of is putting unnecessary strain on the environment by releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, using up the earth’s finite resources and generating waste. Details of how the chemical industry can make these ingredients more sustainable is revealed in the RSC’s new report, The PLFs Revolution: Our 2040 roadmap for sustainable polymers in liquid formulations.

Professor Anju Massey-Brooker, industry associate at the Royal Society of Chemistry, said: “We are being deliberately ambitious. The scale of this challenge is immense; PLFs can be found in everything from cosmetics and make-up to fertilisers and lubricants for machinery. However, with the right funding and collaboration, we can design biodegradable PLFs and put in place the infrastructure needed to create circular economies for them, so that products retain their usefulness while being more sustainable.

“Government, academics, industry, and the public have shown this can be done through their work to reduce the harms caused by plastic pollution; all these groups now need to come together and join the PLFs revolution.”

Counting industry heavyweights Unilever, BASF, and Walgreens Boots Alliance among its members, the PLFs Task Force was established in 2021 to create a step change in research and innovation that would catalyse a manageable transition to sustainable PLFs. This has culminated in the release of the roadmap which calls on industry, academia and policymakers to help facilitate the transition.

Tony Heslop, Senior Sustainability Manager at BASF, said: “As the global population grows, demand for PLFs will only increase – and our industry needs to take the transition to a sustainable PLFs ecosystem seriously. This means moving away from fossil to biobased feedstocks and creating a circular economy to minimise waste and maximise reuse and recycling.

“This is of course something that no industry body or organisation can tackle in isolation, and as such, the RSC’s task force provides a strategic platform that allows us to work with our industry peers to generate solutions that we can all benefit from, while reducing our collective impact on the planet.”

The UK Government is called upon to create a national chemicals regulator that would set a gold standard in regulation, while academic institutions are asked to use PLFs terminology, collaborate with industry and publish research to stimulate innovation in this field.

Speciality chemicals manufacturer and task force member Croda recently partnered with the Universities of Nottingham and York on an EPSRC-supported project to develop some of the world’s first sustainable PLFs.

 Dr Ian Tooley, vice president of chemistry at Croda, commented: “The PLFs task force has been a catalyst for industry innovation and collaboration which has already resulted in tangible benefits for our business. Thanks to our involvement, we have established a new research partnership with York and Nottingham universities in which we’re using AI to help create biodegradable PLFs. If successful, not only will this make our products more sustainable, the project will have provided significant learning opportunities that will enhance the career prospects of the postgraduate and PhD students who have been working with us on this project.”

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We all love a beautiful wood design element, and celebrities are no exception. A viral TikTok video catalogs the best celebrity wood boasts on home video tours: a table from Winston Churchill’s yacht, a 300-year-old backyard tree, doors from all sorts of historic homes, and lots and lots of teak. Stay up to date with our weekly roundup of headlines, product launches, events, recommended reading and more.

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Online retailer Overstock announced plans to move its operations to the Bed Bath & Beyond website – a decision made shortly after acquiring the bankrupt company’s intellectual property last week. As The New York Times reports, customers who visit Overstock’s website will be redirected to Bed Bath & Beyond’s, and Overstock’s mobile app and rewards program will also be rebranded as Bed Bath & Beyond. The transition should be completed by August. Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson told the NYT that the retailer will consider a full rebrand of its business — part of its ongoing effort to update its image as a former liquidator.

Despite the increasing threat of hurricanes and extreme weather conditions, a growing number of luxury buyers are driving up South Florida home prices, reports The Wall Street Journal. According to a new report by Zillow, the Neapolitan communities of Port Royal and Aqualane Shores were among the areas with the highest typical real estate values ​​in the country, outperforming traditional luxury hotspots like San Francisco, Manhattan and the Hamptons. In Port Royal, which ranked second on the list, typical home values ​​in April were $16.46 million, almost double January 2020.

North Carolina-based textile manufacturer Glen Raven has agreed to sell its Strata geosynthetic products and related construction business to Hella Infra Market Private Limited, an India-based online procurement marketplace for construction materials. The terms of the contract were not disclosed. Strata, a solutions provider to the construction industry, was initially acquired by Glen Raven in 2007 as part of a major acquisition. According to Glen Raven CEO Leib Oehmig, the sale will allow the company to focus on its core portfolio of substances with no expected job losses or disruption to Strata’s operations.

Serta Simmons Bedding exited Chapter 11 status after completing its financial restructuring, which reduced its funded debt to $315 million from approximately $1.9 billion. Looking ahead, the company has a number of strategic initiatives planned to drive growth, including refreshing its product portfolio; increasing marketing investments; use of direct-to-consumer platforms; and improving its supply chain and manufacturing network.

According to Semafor, TikTok plans to open an online retail store and launch its own goods in a new offering separate from the existing TikTok shop feature. The company buys its own inventory for the site – including a range of toys and kitchenware – from manufacturers in China. Users can shop the selection through a dedicated e-commerce tab within the app, as well as through the TikTok Shop, which typically allows brands to pay a commission for selling their products on the platform. The feature will be available in the US version of the app and could launch as soon as next month.

Beyoncé Knowles and Kelly Rowland are partnering with Harris County in their hometown of Houston to open a permanent condominium complex, reports The Real Deal. The Knowles-Rowland project is estimated to cost $8.4 million and will be funded by the American Rescue Plan and other donors. It will create 31 new housing units in a complex designed to support residents with resources such as psychological and behavioral health counselors and transportation services. It’s not the couple’s first outing in Houston — in 1998, they used funds from their hit single “No, No, No” to build a youth center in the city.

Airbnb has listed a life size version of Barbie’s dream home in Malibu, CaliforniaCourtesy of Airbnb

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Just in time for the release of the upcoming Barbie movie, Airbnb’s latest limited edition offering is a pink, life-size version of Barbie’s dream home in Malibu, California. According to Dezeen, the waterfront property includes an outdoor disco, infinity pool, outdoor kitchen and more. Originally opened in 2019 to celebrate Barbie’s 60th anniversary, the home has been decked out through Ken’s eyes, with elements like a western-style bedroom, cowhide rugs and horse-themed throws meant to evoke the character’s love of cowboy culture. Listing is available on July 21st and 22nd for up to two guests each, booking starts July 17th.

Californian design studio Commune is renewing its collaboration with 75-year-old heritage brand Heath Ceramics for a new line of tableware. The collection includes seven different bowl, cup and plate designs, available in three different neutral shades. A portion of every purchase benefits Art Division, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating and supporting underprivileged youth studying fine arts.

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While developers typically aim to highlight luxe amenities like swimming pools and swanky gyms, a new generation of apartment complexes are targeting spend-conscious and sharing-friendly consumers. As Julie Lasky writes for The New York Times, more and more rental buildings have “commons,” which allow tenants to borrow common items — from vacuums and blenders to bikes, scooters, and trolleys — or rent them with the help of startups such as Brevvie, which allows buildings to install large vending machines for temporary use of household and leisure items.

After World War II, famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed a whopping 120 homes in 31 states. Today, a New Yorker named Roland Reisley is the last original owner of a Wright-designed home and still resides in the space the architect designed specifically for his family’s needs (changes included an additional broom closet, bookshelves, and more children’s bedrooms) . For The Wall Street Journal, Fred A. Bernstein talks to the retired physicist as he reflects on the 71 years he’s spent in the home, the community of Wright enthusiasts he’s befriended along the way, and about why he thinks beautiful surroundings are beautiful have contributed to his longevity.

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ASID announced the winners and scholars of its 2023 One to Watch program, designed to recognize emerging talent from underrepresented communities in the design industry. The program allows up to 20 winners and eight scientists to participate in ASID events and conferences, mentoring programs and networking opportunities. For the full list of winners click here.

Homepage Image: Californian design studio Commune has teamed up with Heath Ceramics for a new tableware collection | Courtesy of Heath Ceramics

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SAN FRANCISCO, November 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The global online on-demand home service market is expected to grow in size $14.7 billion by 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 16.7% from 2022 to 2030. The increasing number of advertising and marketing campaigns is a critical online on-demand home service market trend that will contribute to the market growth. Currently, in the global online on-demand home service market, vendors are launching promotional campaigns across various platforms to create customer awareness and retain a solid customer base. North America is expected to provide tremendous growth opportunities for the online on-demand home services market due to easier accessibility of products and services and quick payment options.

Key industry insights and takeaways from the report:

• The worldwide need for facilities of this type is increasing because of the ease of access and convenience that these facilities offer.
• The increasing use of smartphones and their increasing demand and applications have also played a significant role in increasing the demand for this market. Increasing demand for more convenient product accessibility is expected to pave the way for more opportunities in the near future.
• The demand for needs-based health care will increase in recent years. Health apps allow people to hire on-demand fitness and yoga trainers who can personally provide them with fitness and yoga training.
• The mobile segment is expected to hold the largest market share and grow at a CAGR of 17.1% from 2022 to 2030.
• The health and wellness segment is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period.
• The industry has developed remarkably in the USA Europe due to the easy accessibility of products and services and fast payment options, which were crucial factors that positively influenced the market.

Read the 120-page Online On-Demand Home Services Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Platform (Web, Mobile), By Type (Home Cleaning, Repairs & Maintenance, Health & Wellness), By Region, And Segment Forecasts market research report , 2022–2030,” published by Grand View Research.

Online On-Demand Household Services Market Growth and Trends

The increasing number of advertising and marketing campaigns is a trend that will contribute to the growth of the online on-demand home services market. Currently, vendors in the global market are launching advertising campaigns across different platforms to create customer awareness and keep a solid customer base. They have started using several strategic marketing tools to grab customers’ attention.

The recent outbreak of COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the online on-demand home service market. Although the epidemic damaged the global economy, the demand for cloud computing increased due to the pandemic. As a result, major players took full advantage of the crisis to find ways to reform their business models. There was the rapid growth of the e-commerce platform, which greatly contributed to the push of the market growth. Additionally, during the pandemic, a large population went digital and essentially adopted smartphones, resulting in high internet penetration. The market experienced increasing demand even during the pandemic. Therefore, increased demand during the lockdown restrictions has primarily helped the market gain momentum.

In Aug 2022, Amazon planned to expand its primary care service to include mental health support. Amazon Care, Amazon’s primary care service, intended to add behavioral health assistance to its growing list of medical partners and offerings with mental health provider Ginger. This facility provides Amazon Care users with on-demand access to mental health professionals, such as licensed psychiatrists or therapists. The move would accompany the recent expansion of Amazon’s burgeoning primary care business, which showcases virtual on-demand care using an app and matches people with doctors for immediate care services.

Market Segmentation for Online On-Demand Household Services

Grand View Research has segmented the global on-demand home service market based on platform, type, and region

On-Demand Home Services Market – Platform Outlook (Revenue, $M, 2017-2030)

Online On-Demand Home Services Market – Type Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2017-2030)

• House cleaning
• garden and lawn mowing
• maid
• laundry
• car wash
• pest control
• Other
• repairs and maintenance
• installation
• electric
• carpentry
• laptop repair
• Mobile repair
• Other
• health and wellness
• Beauty/salon services
• fitness trainer
• physical therapy
• Other
• Other
• babysitting
• animal care
• Pack and move
• Other

On-Demand Home Services Market – Regional Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2017-2030)

• North America
• Europe
• Germany
• United Kingdom
• France
• Italy
• Spain
• Asia Pacific
• China
• India
• Japan
• South Korea
• Latin America
• middle East & Africa

List of Major Players in Online On-Demand Household Services Market

• Amazon.com, Inc.
• Angi Inc.
• Practical
• Help
• HomeAdvisor
• HouseJoy
• task simple
• TaskRabbit
• thumbtack
• Municipal company

Check out other studies published by Grand View Research:

• Online Gambling Market – The global online gambling market is expected to reach a size $153.6 billion by 2030, with a CAGR of 11.7% from 2022 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The growing consumer inclination towards betting apps and the adoption of the freemium model in online gambling are the most important factors , which are expected to propel market growth in the coming years.
• Online Video Platforms Market – Expected to reach global online video platforms market size $22.85 billion by 2028, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The market is expected to register a CAGR of 18.4% from 2021 to 2028 as e-commerce, healthcare, manufacturing and real estate drive the market. For example, sellers on e-commerce sites like Amazon and Zappos.com use product videos on their portals to give customers a 360-degree view of products and help them choose the best match. The increased spending on online video advertising is a major factor driving the growth of the market. For example, SAMSUNG Electronics gave around in 2019 $2.41 billion mainly on an online video campaign to promote its Galaxy series smartphones in the United States
• Online Event Ticketing Market – The global online event ticketing market is expected to reach size $67.99 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc., showing a CAGR of 4.3% over the forecast period. The growing demand for online ticketing can be attributed to improved internet accessibility and the overall hassle-free experience of booking processes.

Browse Grand View Research’s Digital Media Industry Research Reports.

About Grand View Research

Grand View Research, a US-based market research and consulting firm, offers both syndicated and custom research reports and consulting services. Registered in California and headquarters in san francisco, the firm includes over 425 analysts and consultants who add more than 1200 market research reports to its extensive database each year. These reports provide in-depth analysis of 46 industries across 25 major countries worldwide. Using an interactive market intelligence platform, Grand View Research helps Fortune 500 companies and renowned academic institutions understand the global and regional business environment and assess the opportunities ahead.

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Vivian Kargbo thought her daughter’s Boston school district was doing the right thing when officials kept classrooms closed for most students for more than a year.

Kargbo, a caregiver for hospice patients, didn’t want to risk them getting COVID-19. And extending pandemic school closures through the spring of 2021 is what many in her community said was best to keep kids and adults safe.

But her daughter became depressed and stopped doing school work or paying attention to online classes. The former honor-roll student failed nearly all of her eighth grade courses.

“She’s behind,” said Kargbo, whose daughter is now in tenth grade. “It didn’t work at all. Knowing what I know now, I would say they should have put them in school.”

Preliminary test scores around the country confirm what Kargbo witnessed: The longer many students studied remotely, the less they learned. Some educators and parents are questioning decisions in cities from Boston to Chicago to Los Angeles to remain online long after clear evidence emerged that schools weren’t COVID-19 super-spreaders — and months after life-saving adult vaccines became widely available.

There are fears for the futures of students who don’t catch up. They run the risk of never learning to read, long a precursor for dropping out of school. They might never master simple algebra, putting science and tech fields out of reach. The pandemic decline in college attendance could continue to accelerate, crippling the U.S. economy.

In a sign of how inflammatory the debate has become, there’s sharp disagreement among educators, school leaders and parents even about how to label the problems created by online school. “Learning loss” has become a lightning rod. Some fear the term might brand struggling students or cast blame on teachers, and they say it overlooks the need to save lives during a pandemic.

Regardless of what it’s called, the casualties of Zoom school are real.

The scale of the problem and the challenges in addressing it were apparent in Associated Press interviews with nearly 50 school leaders, teachers, parents and health officials, who struggled to agree on a way forward.

Some public health officials and educators warned against second-guessing the school closures for a virus that killed over a million people in the U.S. More than 200,000 children lost at least one parent.

“It is very easy with hindsight to say, ‘Oh, learning loss, we should have opened.’ People forget how many people died,” said Austin Beutner, former superintendent in Los Angeles, where students were online from mid-March 2020 until the start of hybrid instruction in April 2021.

The question isn’t merely academic.

School closures continued last year because of teacher shortages and COVID-19 spread. It’s conceivable another pandemic might emerge — or a different crisis.

But there’s another reason for asking what lessons have been learned: the kids who have fallen behind. Some third graders struggle to sound out words. Some ninth graders have given up on school because they feel so behind they can’t catch up. The future of American children hangs in the balance.

FILE – Chicago charter school teacher Angela McByrd works on her laptop to teach remotely from her home in Chicago, Sept. 24, 2020. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)

Many adults are pushing to move on, to stop talking about the impact of the pandemic — especially learning loss.

“As crazy as this sounds now, I’m afraid people are going to forget about the pandemic,” said Jason Kamras, superintendent in Richmond, Virginia. “People will say, ‘That was two years ago. Get over it.’”

When COVID-19 first reached the U.S., scientists didn’t fully understand how it spread or whether it was harmful to children. American schools, like most around the world, understandably shuttered in March 2020.

That summer, scientists learned kids didn’t face the same risks as adults, but experts couldn’t decide how to operate schools safely — or whether it was even possible.

It was already clear that remote learning was devastating for many young people. But did the risks of social isolation and falling behind outweigh the risks of children, school staff and families catching the virus?

The tradeoffs differed depending on how vulnerable a community felt. Black and Latino people, who historically had less access to health care, remain nearly twice as likely to die of COVID-19 than white people. Parents in those communities often had deep-rooted doubts about whether schools could keep their children safe.

Politics was a factor, too. Districts that reopened in person tended to be in areas that voted for President Donald Trump or had largely white populations.

By winter, studies showed schools weren’t contributing to increased COVID-19 spread in the community. Classes with masked students and distancing could be conducted safely, growing evidence said. President Joe Biden prioritized reopening schools when he took office in January 2021, and once the COVID-19 vaccine was available, some Democratic-leaning districts started to reopen.

Yet many schools stayed closed well into the spring, including in California, where the state’s powerful teachers unions fought returning to classrooms, citing lack of safety protocols.

In Chicago, after a six-week standoff with the teachers union, the district started bringing students back on a hybrid schedule just before spring 2021. It wasn’t until the fall that students were back in school full time.

Marla Williams initially supported Chicago Public Schools’ decision to instruct students online during the fall of 2020. Williams, a single mother, has asthma, as do her two children. While she was working, she enlisted her father, a retired teacher, to supervise her children’s studies.

Her father would log into his grandson’s classes from his suburban home and try to monitor what was happening. But it didn’t work.

Her son lost motivation and wouldn’t do his assignments. Once he went back on a hybrid schedule in spring 2021, he started doing well again, Williams said.

“I wish we’d been in person earlier,” she said. “Other schools seemed to be doing it successfully.”

Officials were divided in Chicago. The city Department of Public Health advocated reopening schools months earlier, in the fall of 2020. The commissioner, Dr. Allison Arwady, said they felt the risk of missing education was higher than the risk of COVID-19. Others, such as the director of the Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University, advocated for staying remote.

“I think the answer on that has been settled fairly clearly, especially once we had vaccines available,” Arwady said. “I’m concerned about the loss that has occurred.”

FILE – Audra Quisenberry, right, whispers in the ear of her classmate, Logan Bowhay, both 6, as they wait to meet other schoolmates via online Zoom, at Premier Martial Arts, Aug. 24, 2020, in Wildwood, Mo. (Jeff Roberson/AP File)

From March 2020 to June 2021, the average student in Chicago lost 21 weeks of learning in reading and 20 weeks in math, equivalent to missing half a year of school, according to Georgetown University’s Edunomics Lab, which analyzed data from a widely used test called MAP to estimate learning loss for every U.S. school district.

Nationally, kids whose schools met mostly online in the 2020-2021 school year performed 13 percentage points lower in math and 8 percentage points lower in reading compared with schools meeting mostly in person, according to a 2022 study by Brown University economist Emily Oster.

The setbacks have some grappling with regret.

“I can’t imagine a situation where we would close schools again, unless there’s a virus attacking kids,” said Eric Conti, superintendent for Burlington, Massachusetts, a 3,400-student district outside Boston. His students alternated between online and in-person learning from the fall of 2020 until the next spring. “It’s going to be a very high bar.”

Dallas Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde initially disagreed with the Texas governor’s push to reopen schools in the fall of 2020. “But it was absolutely the right thing to do,” she said.

Some school officials said they lacked the expertise to decide whether it was safe to open schools.

“Schools should never have been placed in a situation where we have choice,” said Tony Wold, former associate superintendent of West Contra Costa Unified School District, east of San Francisco. “With lessons learned, when you have a public health pandemic, there needs to be a single voice.”

Still, many school officials said with hindsight they’d make the same decision to keep schools online well into 2021. Only two superintendents said they’d likely make a different decision if there were another pandemic that was not particularly dangerous to children.

In some communities, demographics and the historic underinvestment in schools loomed large, superintendents said. In the South, Black Americans’ fear of the virus was sometimes coupled with mistrust of schools rooted in segregation. Cities from Atlanta to Nashville to Jackson, Mississippi, shuttered schools — in some cases, for nearly all of the 2020-2021 school year.

In Clayton County, Georgia, home to the state’s highest percentage of Black residents, schools chief Morcease Beasley said he knew closing schools would have a devastating impact, but the fear in his community was overwhelming.

“I knew teachers couldn’t teach if they were that scared, and students couldn’t learn,” he said.

Rhode Island was an outlier among liberal-leaning coastal states when it ordered schools to reopen in person in the fall of 2020. “We can’t do this to our kids,” state education chief Angélica Infante-Green remembers thinking after watching students turn off cameras or log in from under blankets in bed. “This is not OK.”

But in the predominantly Latino and Black Rhode Island community of Central Falls, more than three-quarters of students stayed home to study remotely.

To address parent distrust, officials tracked COVID-19 cases among school-aged Central Falls residents. They met with families to show them the kids catching the virus were in remote learning — and they weren’t learning as much as students in school. It worked.

Among teachers, there’s some dispute about online learning’s impact on children. But many fear some students will be scarred for years.

“Should we have reopened earlier? Absolutely,” said California teacher Sarah Curry. She initially favored school closings in her rural Central Valley district, but grew frustrated with the duration of distance learning. She taught pre-kindergarten and found it impossible to maintain attention spans online.

One of her biggest regrets: that teachers who wanted to return to classrooms had little choice in the matter.

But the nation’s 3 million public school teachers are far from a monolith. Many lost loved ones to COVID-19, battled mental health challenges of their own or feared catching the virus.

Jessica Cross, who taught ninth grade math on Chicago’s west side at Phoenix Military Academy, feels her school reopened too soon.

“I didn’t feel entirely safe,” she said. Mask rules were good in theory, but not all students wore them properly. She said safety should come before academics.

“Ultimately, I still feel that remote learning was really the only thing to do,” Cross said.

A representative from the American Federation of Teachers declined in an interview to address whether the union regrets the positions teachers took against reopening schools.

“If we start to play the blame game,” said Fedrick Ingram, AFT’s secretary-treasurer, “we get into the political fray of trying to determine if teachers did a good job or not. And I don’t think that’s fair.”

Regrets or no, experts agree: America’s kids need more from adults if they’re going to be made whole.

The country needs “ideally, a reinvention of public education as we know it,” Los Angeles Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said. Students need more days in school and smaller classes.

Short of extending the school year, experts say intensive tutoring is the most efficient way to help students catch up. Saturday school or doubling up on math or reading during a regular school day would also help.

Too few school districts have made those investments, Harvard economist Tom Kane said. Summer school is insufficient, Kane says — it’s voluntary, and many parents don’t sign up.

Adding school time for students is politically impossible in many cities. In Los Angeles, the teachers union filed a complaint after the district scheduled four optional school days for students to recoup learning. The school board in Richmond rejected a move to an all-year school calendar.

There are exceptions: Atlanta extended the school day 30 minutes for three years. Hopewell Schools in Virginia moved to year-round schooling last year.

Even the federal government’s record education spending isn’t enough for the scope of kids’ academic setbacks, according to the American Educational Research Association. Researchers there estimate it will cost $700 billion to offset learning loss for America’s schoolchildren – more than three times the $190 billion allocated to schools.

“We need something on the scale of the Marshall Plan for education,” said Kamras, the Richmond superintendent. “Anything short of that and we’re going to see this blip in outcomes become permanent for a generation of children — and that would be criminal.”

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Gecker reported from San Francisco. Collin Binkley in Washington, D.C., Sharon Lurye in New Orleans, Arleigh Rodgers in Indianapolis, Claire Savage in Chicago and Brooke Schultz in Harrisburg, Pa., contributed to this report.

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Rodgers, Savage and Schultz are corps members for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The global online on-demand home services market size is expected to reach USD 14.7 billion by 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The market is anticipated to expand at a CAGR of 16.7% from 2022 to 2030. The rising number of advertising and marketing campaigns is a critical online on-demand home services market trend that will contribute to the market growth. Presently, vendors in the global online on-demand home services market are launching advertisement campaigns through different platforms to generate customer awareness and retain a solid customer base. NorthAmerica is expected to offer tremendous growth opportunities for the online on-demand home services market owing to the easier accessibility of products and services and quick payment options.

Key Industry Insights & Findings from the report:

• The worldwide requirement for these types of facilities is rising owing to the ease of accessibility and convenience provided by these facilities.
• The increasing usage of smartphones and their increasing demand and applications has also played a significant part in enhancing the demand for this market. It is expected that the rising demand for more comfortable accessibility of products is possible to pave the way for more opportunities in the near future.
• The demand for healthcare on-demand will increase in recent years. Healthcare apps enable people to hire on-demand fitness and yoga trainers who can provide them with fitness and yoga training in person.
• The mobile segment is expected to hold the largest market share and expand at a CAGR of 17.1% from 2022 to 2030.
• The health and wellness segment is projected to grow at the highest CAGR over the forecast period.
• The industry has remarkably evolved across the US and Europe owing to the easy accessibility of products and services and quick payment options, which have been crucial factors affecting the market positively.

Read 120-page market research report, “Online On-demand Home Services Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Platform (Web, Mobile), By Type (Home Cleaning, Repairs & Maintenance, Health & Wellness), By Region, And Segment Forecasts, 2022 – 2030”, published by Grand View Research.

Online On Demand Home Services Market Growth & Trends

The rising number of advertising and marketing campaigns is a trend that will contribute to the market growth for online on-demand home services. Presently, vendors in the global market are launching advertisement campaigns through different platforms to generate customer awareness and retain a solid customer base. They have started using multiple strategic marketing tools to gain customers’ attention.

The recent outbreak of COVID-19 had an immense effect on the online on-demand home services market. Even though the epidemic damaged the world economy, demand for cloud computing increased due to the pandemic. As a result, significant players took full advantage of the crisis to create ways to reform their business models. There was the rapid growth of the e-commerce platform, which essentially aided the boost in market growth. Further, during the pandemic, a large population was inclined towards digitalization and essentially adopted smartphones, which resulted in high internet penetration. Thus, the market witnessed a heightening requirement even during the pandemic. Hence, the increased demand during the lockdown restrictions has primarily helped the market gain traction.

In Aug 2022, Amazon planned to add mental health support to its primary-care service. Amazon Care, Amazon’s primary-care service, intended to add behavioral health aid to its growing list of medical partners and offerings with Ginger, a mental health care provider. This facility will deliver Amazon Care users on-demand access to mental health professionals, like licensed psychiatrists or therapists. The move would observe the latest expansion of Amazon’s nascent primary-care business, which shows on-demand virtual care with the help of an app, uniting people with physicians for immediate care services.

Online On Demand Home Services Market Segmentation

Grand View Research has segmented the global online on-demand home services market based on platform, type, and region

Online On-demand Home Services Market – Platform Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2017 – 2030)

Online On-demand Home Services Market – Type Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2017 – 2030)

• Home cleaning
• Garden and Lawn Mowing
• maids
• Laundry
• car wash
• pest control
• Others
• Repairs and maintenance
• plumbing
• Electrical
• Carpentry
• Laptop Repair
• Mobile Repair
• Others
• Health and Wellness
• Beauty/salon services
• Fitness coach
• Physiotherapy
• Others
• Others
• baby sitting
• pet care
• Packing and moving
• Others

Online On-demand Home Services Market – Regional Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2017 – 2030)

• NorthAmerica
• Europe
• Germany
• UK
• France
• Italy
• Spain
• Asia Pacific
• China
• India
• Japan
• south korea
• Latin America
• Middle East & Africa

List of Key Players in Online On Demand Home Services Market

• Amazon.com, Inc.
• Angi Inc.
• mobile
• Helpling
• HomeAdvisor
• HouseJoy
• Task Easy
• TaskRabbit
• thumbtack
• Urban Company

Check out other studies published by Grand View Research:

• Online Gambling Market – The global online gambling market size is expected to reach USD 153.6 billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 11.7% from 2022 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The growing consumer inclination toward betting apps and the introduction of the freemium model in online gambling are the major factors expected to drive market growth in the coming years.
• Online Video Platform Market – The global online video platform market size is expected to reach USD 22.85 billion by 2028, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The market is anticipated to register a CAGR of 18.4% from 2021 to 2028. The increasing adoption of video content for advertisement and branding activities over traditional marketing campaigns across sectors/industries , such as e-commerce, healthcare, manufacturing, and real estate, is driving the market. For instance, sellers on e-commerce sites such as Amazon and Zappos.com use product videos on their portals to provide customers a 360-degree view of products and help them choose the best match. The increased expenditure on online video advertisements is acting as a major factor driving the growth of the market. For instance, in 2019, SAMSUNG Electronics spent around USD 2.41 billion majorly on an online video campaign to promote its Galaxy series smartphones in the US
• Online Event Ticketing Market – The global online event ticketing market size is expected to reach USD 67.99 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc., exhibiting a 4.3% CAGR during the forecast period. Growing demand for online ticketing can be attributed to increased Internet accessibility and overall hassle-free experience in booking processes.

Browse through Grand View Research’s Digital Media Industry Research Reports.

About Grand View Research

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One of the best fights on the immediate boxing schedule finally has a US platform on which it will air.

The highly anticipated rematch between Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire will stream live on ESPN+, ending weeks of speculation for their previously announced June 7 WBC/WBA/IBF bantamweight unification bout from Saitama Arena in Saitama, Japan. Top Rank, Inoue’s US-based promoter, confirmed the news Tuesday, putting to rest any concern that stateside fight fans would have to miss out on viewing the fight live.

“Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire’s first fight is among the greatest championship battles I’ve ever seen,” said Top Rank chairman Bob Arum. “I am thrilled that American fight fans can watch the rematch on ESPN+.”

The bout will also air live on Amazon Prime Video in Japan, as previously reported by BoxingScene.com. US coverage will begin 5:00 am ET/2:00 am PT, with undercard action including Takuma Inoue, Naoya’s younger brother and current junior featherweight contender.

Inoue (22-0, 19KOs)–a three-division titlist and among the sport’s best pound-for-pound fighters from Yokohama, Japan–overcame a fractured orbital bone around his right eye to outpoint Donaire (42-6, 28KOs ) over twelve rounds by scores of 114-113, 117-109 and 116-111. Inoue also suffered a cut above his right eye and was clipped by a Donaire right hand in round nine, but sealed the victory following a body shot knockdown in the eleventh round of their WBA/IBF unification bout and World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) bantamweight tournament final, which streamed live on DAZN.

Inoue signed a co-promotional deal with Top Rank, which was announced immediately after the fight.

Donaire has fought twice since the loss to Inoue, bouncing back in a big way. The legendary four-division champion entered a third bantamweight title reign following a stunningly one-sided, fourth-round knockout of unbeaten WBC titlist Nordine Oubaali last May 29 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.

Donaire broke his own record as the oldest fighter in history to win a major bantamweight title, winning the WBC strap at 38 ½ years old. It came nearly 31 months after his November 2018 injury stoppage win of Ryan Burnett to claim the WBA belt one week before his 36th birthday.

Philippines’ Donaire–who now lives and trains in Las Vegas–returned to Dignity Health Sports Park for his most recent win, a fourth-round knockout of unbeaten countryman Reymart Gaballo last December. Wedge in between the two fights were a failed effort to proceed with a planned August 14 WBC/WBO unification bout with Casimero, which involved a very public feud though the two sides have since patched up their differences.

Inoue has won three fights since his memorable win over Donaire, though admittedly needing three months to recover from the injuries suffered in the bout before moving forward with his career.

The first fight back was to have been a three-belt unification bout with Casimero (31-4, 21KOs) in April 2020 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The fight was shut down due to the initial wave of the global pandemic, with plans never revisited.

Inoue has since moved on with his career. The unbeaten 27-year-old has scored three knockouts in as many fights, including a one-sided eighth-round knockout win over Aran Dipaen last December at the famed Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo. The fight was the first in Japan for Inoue since his win over Donaire more than two years ago

Naoya Inoue-Nonito Donaire Rematch To Air Live on ESPN+ In US

One of the best fights on the immediate boxing schedule finally has a US platform on which it will air.

The highly anticipated rematch between Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire will stream live on ESPN+, ending weeks of speculation for their previously announced June 7 WBC/WBA/IBF bantamweight unification bout from Saitama Arena in Saitama, Japan. Top Rank, Inoue’s US-based promoter, confirmed the news Tuesday, putting to rest any concern that stateside fight fans would have to miss out on viewing the fight live.

“Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire’s first fight is among the greatest championship battles I’ve ever seen,” said Top Rank chairman Bob Arum. “I am thrilled that American fight fans can watch the rematch on ESPN+.”

The bout will also air live on Amazon Prime Video in Japan, as previously reported by BoxingScene.com. US coverage will begin 5:00 am ET/2:00 am PT, with undercard action including Takuma Inoue, Naoya’s younger brother and current junior featherweight contender.

Inoue (22-0, 19KOs)–a three-division titlist and among the sport’s best pound-for-pound fighters from Yokohama, Japan–overcame a fractured orbital bone around his right eye to outpoint Donaire (42-6, 28KOs ) over twelve rounds by scores of 114-113, 117-109 and 116-111. Inoue also suffered a cut above his right eye and was clipped by a Donaire right hand in round nine, but sealed the victory following a body shot knockdown in the eleventh round of their WBA/IBF unification bout and World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) bantamweight tournament final, which streamed live on DAZN.

Inoue signed a co-promotional deal with Top Rank, which was announced immediately after the fight.

Donaire has fought twice since the loss to Inoue, bouncing back in a big way. The legendary four-division champion entered a third bantamweight title reign following a stunningly one-sided, fourth-round knockout of unbeaten WBC titlist Nordine Oubaali last May 29 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.

Donaire broke his own record as the oldest fighter in history to win a major bantamweight title, winning the WBC strap at 38 ½ years old. It came nearly 31 months after his November 2018 injury stoppage win of Ryan Burnett to claim the WBA belt one week before his 36th birthday.

Philippines’ Donaire–who now lives and trains in Las Vegas–returned to Dignity Health Sports Park for his most recent win, a fourth-round knockout of unbeaten countryman Reymart Gaballo last December. Wedge in between the two fights were a failed effort to proceed with a planned August 14 WBC/WBO unification bout with Casimero, which involved a very public feud though the two sides have since patched up their differences.

Inoue has won three fights since his memorable win over Donaire, though admittedly needing three months to recover from the injuries suffered in the bout before moving forward with his career.

The first fight back was to have been a three-belt unification bout with Casimero (31-4, 21KOs) in April 2020 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The fight was shut down due to the initial wave of the global pandemic, with plans never revisited.

Inoue has since moved on with his career. The unbeaten 27-year-old has scored three knockouts in as many fights, including a one-sided eighth-round knockout win over Aran Dipaen last December at the famed Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo. The fight was the first in Japan for Inoue since his win over Donaire more than two years ago

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American football team the San Francisco 49ers have been hit by ransomware, with the criminals responsible claiming to have stolen corporate data and threatened to publish it.

Calling itself Blackbyte, the ransomware gang responsible published samples of stolen documents on a dark web blog over the weekend, as seen by The Register. About 300MB of files were present on the publicity site used by Blackbyte and are thought to include recent internal finance data for the team.

The 49ers said law enforcement and “third-party cybersecurity firms” were on the case and acknowledged the security breach in a statement on Sunday, saying: “To date, we have no indication that this incident involves systems outside of our corporate network, such as those connected to Levi’s Stadium operations or ticket holders.”

The intrusion and theft came to light days after US law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Secret Service, issued an alert warning American companies of the threat posed by BlackByte. That warning stated that the gang had “compromised multiple US and foreign businesses, including entities in at least three US critical infrastructure sectors.”

“The BlackByte executable leaves a ransom note in all directories where encryption occurs,” continued the Feds’ advisory [PDF ]. “The ransom note includes the .onion site that contains instructions for paying the ransom and receiving a decryption key. Some victims reported the actors used a known Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerability as a means of gaining access to their networks.”

The sports team becomes just the latest in a long line of extortionware victims over recent years. Ransomware is now regarded as one of the leading threats to enterprise cybersecurity, with criminals using customized malware to infect corporate networks, steal and encrypt data, and demand a ransom to unlock it and not publish it online.

Various ransomware gangs have renamed themselves over time to avoid attracting international law enforcement attention. One such example was the Blackmatter gang, which rebranded twice in 2021 – both times claiming to have shut itself down. The gang is not believed, at the time of writing, to have any links with the BlackByte criminal crew. ®

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MILPITAS (CBS SF) – The Milpitas Unified School District said Sunday school students can return to virtual learning for at least the coming week as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to hamper the districts in the Bay Area that try to reopen to get the latest updates after the holidays.

The superintendent’s office released a statement stating: “During the week of January 10-14, MUSD school sites will be open for personal learning to meet the needs of our community. For parents / carers who care about the health and safety of their students, you can choose our independent study program, short or long term. “

The statement encouraged families to contact their school principal for more information on self-study.

The statement also states: “After consulting the Santa Clara County Office of Education, we learned that we cannot offer a ‘district-wide quarantine’ as stated in our Friday notice. Community quarantines can be declared by the district health authority.

“In order for us to contain the rise in COVID cases among students and staff, everyone must follow safety protocols for masking, vaccination, or refresher when authorized and available.”

“We have to find ways to live together and live with COVID. We are two years under our belt and have learned a lot, ”said Dr. Sara Cody, Santa Clara County Health Officer. “We have learned that in-person learning is what they need and distance learning does not benefit their mental health, emotional health and academic well-being.”

Other school districts in the Bay Area were motivated to avoid returning to distance learning.

The San Francisco Unified School District says it has distributed more than 50,000 COVID-19 tests in one week and will distribute more in the coming weeks.

“We are committed to keeping schools open as long as it is safe to do, and the Department of Health said that with our safety protocols, schools continue to remain low-risk environments,” said SFUSD spokeswoman Laura Dudnick.

The West Contra Costa Unified School District was able to close the school for two days from Friday by moving the non-teaching days in the academic calendar and will remain closed on Monday.

Tests at the district’s locations will be available again on Monday before schools reopen on Tuesday. WCCUSD hopes this long weekend will not only give them time to thoroughly clean their schools, but also allow students and staff to recover from COVID infections.

Milpitas Unified said families still concerned about sending students to school in their district can now conduct independent study for their children now that there will be no quarantine.

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