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Admin & Management

5 ways superintendents’ roles have changed for good because of COVID-19

Since COVID-19, there’s no longer a singular definition of the job.

Feds warn Texas and 5 other states they may have discriminated with mask bans

In other COVID ed news, Florida, parents in Florida now have the power to decide if students who are asymptomatic should return to school after they’ve been deemed a close contact for COVID exposures. 

School mask tracker: Who is and isn’t loosening the rules

Leaders in several districts have in recent days have announced that all students and staff, regardless of age or vaccination status, will be required to wear masks when the 2021-22 school year begins.

School closings tracker: Where districts are shutting down again due to COVID-19 outbreaks

Perfect storm of the delta variant, low vaccination rates in parts of the country and political resistance to universal masking have sent tens of thousands of students and staff members into isolation and quarantine.

School vaccine tracker: Here’s where students are required to get COVID-19 vaccine

A small but growing number of districts are mandating vaccines for eligible as the COVID delta variant disrupted the beginning of yet another school year.

How schools across US are grappling with sudden supply chain food shortages

District leaders are having to change menus daily as food suppliers are forced to substitute products, putting pressure on students with allergies to check ingredients.

Tue Sep 21st, 2021

5 steps drive D.C. schools’ success in hiring diverse and effective teachers

In recent years, the system has hired more male teachers of color and retained 95% of teachers rated effective and highly effective by its internal evaluation system.
Tue Sep 21st, 2021

It’s time for us to fix America’s shortage of Black teachers

Black educators have an incredibly positive, measurable effect on the lives of young Black students. When kids see teachers who look like them, they perform better academically.

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Mon Sep 20th, 2021

Five to drive: How one big state is recruiting more school bus drivers

New York state is now reaching out to 550,000 commercial driver's license holders in efforts to recruit them as school bus drivers while DMV speeds up the testing process.

Mon Sep 20th, 2021

Implementing the right COVID-19 testing solutions helps protect students, staff

Here's what distinguishes a best-of-breed testing solution for at-home and on-site COVID testing.
Mon Sep 20th, 2021

3 or more California communities now want to mandate student vaccinations

Across the U.S., Black and Hispanic children are—just like their parents—more likely to be infected and hospitalized by COVID than are white kids, a new study has found.
Fri Sep 17th, 2021