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10 COVID-relief spending plans reveal an area of growing urgency in schools

Matt Zalaznick -
For district leaders looking for ideas and inspiration around CTE, here are some highlights from 10 states' plans to spend COVID relief funds and reengagement students.

Biden urges increased mental health supports for students

Charles Hendrix -
"Let's take on mental health," he said during the State of the Union address, "especially among our children, whose lives and education have been turned upside down."

Beating back book bans: How to keep a challenge from becoming a crisis

Matt Zalaznick -
Teachers make careful choices when it comes to books and sharing their rationale can go a long way toward allaying parents' concerns, experts say.

Innovation begins with education. It’s time we make it a priority

Lynn Gangone and Daniel Domenech -
The EDUCATORS for America Act would provide much-needed funding to recruit and train educators, and help address the crisis of teacher shortages.

Still have ESSER funding questions? Here’s how it might be getting easier.

Matt Zalaznick -
School leaders can no spend relief funds on needs arising from or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, or to emerge stronger post-pandemic.

Why K-12 leaders worry push for parents’ rights will smother learning

Matt Zalaznick -
Forcing schools to publish every detail of their curriculums online is most likely to smother instruction and demoralize teachers, superintendents say.

How to find funding and ideas for summer and after-school innovation

Matt Zalaznick -
K-12 leaders looking to out-of-school-time to help students rebound from COVID's disruptions can tap into unprecedented levels of funding for evidence-based programs.

Rapid rise of ‘gag orders’ reveals a new appetite for K-12 censorship

Matt Zalaznick -
A growing number of proposals seek to restrict teaching about LGBTQ identities and issues, including one could put teachers at risk of criminal charges.

K-12 leaders grapple with mask rules as support for mandates plummets

Matt Zalaznick -
Even district leaders and parents who were most supportive of mask mandates earlier in the pandemic are now ready to see the requirements lifted.

Appropriations chiefs reach agreement on funding framework for FY 2022

Charles Hendrix -
Passage of the final FY 2022 spending bill will be welcome news to school administrators working on their budgets for SY 2022-23.

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