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Leadership

Provide executive functioning lessons within tiered supports

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Incorporating executive functioning skills training into schoolwide tiered supports can help students whose deficits in this area may be viewed as issues of behavior or discipline.
Admin & Management

Legislative watch: Bill to curtail restraint and seclusion in schools

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Democratic members of Congress have reintroduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act, which would make it illegal for schools receiving federal money to seclude children and would ban certain restraint practices.
Admin & Management

Title I program staff spotlight

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Mike Sellers, principal of Nikolaevsk School, part of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District in Alaska, a Title I school, shares his outlook and experiences about COVID and more.
Admin & Management

Top considerations for complete, accurate Title I, Part D annual count

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What does ED guidance say about obtaining annual counts during the pandemic? Here's a look at that process through the lens of one state, Tennessee.
Coronavirus

Supporting food-insecure families during extended school breaks

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An extension of nationwide summer food service programs will allow school districts to provide free school meals to families through the end of the year, but services may be paused during extended school breaks.
Admin & Management

Bill seeks to reduce burdens in Impact Aid application process during COVID-19

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School districts may be able to use student counts and property valuation data from 2020-21 for their 2021-22 Impact Aid applications, due in late January.
Cybersecurity

5 ways to communicate with families experiencing, at risk for homelessness

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COVID has compounded challenges in outreach to those least capable of maintaining internet connectivity to participate fully in schooling, and innovative outreach strategies may be needed.
Health and wellness

CDC updates K-12 face mask guidance, recommends plan to prevent bullying

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The agency recommends people wear cloth face coverings, not face shields, in public settings and when around people who live outside their household, especially when social distancing is difficult to maintain.
Admin & Management

$85 million in federal funds promised to D.C. school choice program

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The only federally funded school choice program in the country will receive more U.S. Department of Education funds over the next five years to boost lower-income students' ability to attend private schools.
Curriculum & Instruction

Advancing tech instruction in rural communities

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For its Rural Tech Project competition, the U.S. Department of Education is looking for competency-based program proposals.
Curriculum & Instruction

South Carolina offers school districts an incentive for relief spending

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Local education agencies can apply for supplemental funds to purchase content, expand connectivity for students, provide devices for teachers and students, license systems that support distance learning infrastructure, or provide PD on effectively delivering remote learning.
Health and wellness

School nutrition programs face Covid-19-related fiscal challenges

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The financial impact of coronavirus-related school closures includes school meal programs. Here's how Michigan is addressing related issues for the new school year.
Admin & Management

Remember homeless education requirements for school reopenings

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School district leaders must review and revise policies that act as barriers to the enrollment of children and youths experiencing homelessness.
Admin & Management

Privacy is a key component in ensuring student safety

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With the risk of experiencing domestic violence increased during high-stress periods, educators should be aware of FERPA protections and have training in trauma-informed strategies.
Admin & Management

Undocumented homeless students have rights during, beyond COVID-19 response

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Not only are these students eligible to attend and fully participate in public schools, but schools cannot take actions that discourage undocumented students from seeking enrollment.
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