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DA Leadership academy seeks aspiring superintendents

District Administration's National Superintendent Academy is specially designed for K-12 directors and coordinators ready to take the next step in leading a school system.

Biden expected to make narrowing digital divide an ‘early, urgent priority’ to help students

The Biden approach would offer a sharp contrast to how the Office of Education Technology has operated during the Trump administration, particularly the 10 months of the pandemic.

Ohio schools prepare for COVID-19 vaccine rollout on Feb. 1

To prepare for the rollout, area school leaders are doing what's necessary to save their employees a spot in line – including committing to in-person learning in some form by March 1.

Pandemic teacher shortages imperil in-person schooling (subscription)

The nation’s schools need thousands of more teachers, full-time and substitute, to keep classrooms open during coronavirus outbreaks.

Colorado schools add saliva testing to slow spread of COVID-19 in the classroom

Regular testing of elementary school kids aims to ID asymptomatic cases and keep disease from shutting down in-person learning this spring.

School choice lawsuit surge pushes possible high court fight

Vermont is facing at least its second lawsuit in four months over a voucher program that allows students in communities that don’t have schools or are not part of supervisory unions to attend schools of their choice.

‘Disturbing reports’ about Seattle schools spark civil-rights probe by U.S. Department of Education

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating Seattle Public Schools after hearing “disturbing reports” about how the district handled special education during the pandemic.

Proposed bill would let Missouri school districts certify people to be teachers

The bill would let school districts offer teaching certifications to people who don’t have a certification from the state of Missouri.

2020 hindsight: Key decisions all special ed attorneys should know

Learn more about the upcoming School Attorney's Conference organized by Special Ed Connection, a DA sister publication.

What does a more contagious virus mean for schools? (subscription)

The coronavirus variant discovered in Britain is more easily spread among children, as it is among adults. Current safeguards should protect schools, experts said, but only if strictly enforced.

Trying to improve remote learning? A refugee camp offers some surprising lessons

Basic digital literacy and project-based learning are strategies that helped refugee students adjust seamlessly to online school in a pandemic.

Some Florida teachers still waiting on pay raises

Teachers in 23 Florida school districts have not seen pay increases promised by the Legislature when it approved spending $500 million last year to raise educator salaries.

With NYC teachers getting vaccinated soon, when will schools return to normal?

While teachers across New York City raced to sign up for coronavirus vaccines this week, it could be many months before schools are able to ramp up in-person instruction significantly, public health experts said.

St. Louis Public Schools will close 8 schools, sparing 3

The closures are an effort to put more funding toward support services and academics, rather than facilities costs, as the district continues to lose students and operate half-empty buildings.

LA Schools Chief: Kids must get COVID-19 vaccine to return

The admission marks the first acknowledgement from the head of a major school system that the coronavirus vaccine is likely headed to the list of required school immunizations.