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How CARES Act helps schools cope with coronavirus costs

CARES Act provides funding for school districts facing the increased costs of shifting to online learning and managing the coronavirus-related health and safety issues.

How to reorganize the school day when buildings reopen

Shifting school start times continues to generate headlines, but some educators say the entire school schedule can be reorganized to better support teaching and learning.

District leader says let teachers innovate online

With schools closed and shifting to online education due to the coronavirus, a Colorado superintendent says he and his leadership team are not scripting or dictating how teachers deliver virtual instruction.

How districts make school meal distribution familiar and safe

The daily school bus delivery of school lunch and breakfast becomes the highlight of the day for students while the coronavirus pandemic has schools closed in Iberville Parish Schools in Louisiana.

Districts deliver meals and ed tech as states shut schools for 2019-2020

Coronavirus has district leaders quickly devising ways to provide school meals, ed tech and remote learning as entire states begin to order schools to shut buildings for the rest of the 2019-2020 year. 

Why these schools are adopting year-round schooling

Many schools—even districts—are adopting a year-round school schedule, where a single summer break is replaced by a series of shorter breaks.
Fri Mar 13th, 2020

How helicopter parenting creates equity issues

Inadequate and uneven school funding has raised equity issues around the activity of wealthy "helicopter parents," a new report says.

Thu Mar 5th, 2020

Coronavirus closes Washington schools after positive student test

Coronavirus and positive COVID-19 tests shut schools in Washington as crews disinfected buildings and teachers prepped to teach online even as some buildings reopened.

Tue Mar 3rd, 2020

Making it easier to collect payments campuswide

In this case, Jefferson County Public Schools selects MySchoolBucks to accept and process credit and debit card payments in person and online. Sponsored content by Heartland School Solutions.
Mon Mar 2nd, 2020

How districts help teachers tackle housing costs

New residents were ready to pay rent on affordable teacher housing the day that Buncombe County Schools in North Carolina opened its teacher housing community.
Mon Mar 2nd, 2020

Coronavirus fears force schools to plan to move online

Moving classes online is one contingency school district leaders are planning for should any potential coronavirus outbreaks begin disrupting life in the U.S.
Fri Feb 28th, 2020