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New ED guidance promotes best practices for recovering lost learning

Johnny Jackson -
The U.S. Education Department shared guidance promoting best practices and evidence-based approaches to address lost instructional time, which can be supported with American Rescue Plan funds.

2 Florida districts fined for mask mandates, superintendent vows to strike back

Matt Zalaznick -
Alachua County Superintendent Carlee Simon says she and administrators in other school systems are gearing up to take legal action after the state docked the salaries of school board members.

12 students were infected with COVID when an unvaccinated teacher removed mask

Matt Zalaznick -
A dozen students and several others tested positive for COVID last spring after an unvaccinated, unmasked and symptomatic teacher in Marin County, California, read to an elementary school classroom, the CDC reports.

Mask mandate bans in 5 states now being probed for civil rights violations

Matt Zalaznick -
Department of Education investigating whether prohibitions on universal masking prevent children at higher risk of severe COVID illness from accessing in-person learning equally

ED OK’s 4 more state ARP ESSER plans, bringing total to 32

Charles Hendrix -
Alaska, Connecticut, Illinois, and Louisiana have plans approved. To date, 46 states and D.C. have submitted plans for review.

DeSantis can’t punish districts over mask mandates, Florida judge rules

Dayna Straehley -
The ruling means Florida districts can require students to wear masks. Gov. DeSantis is expected to appeal.

ESSA error? Why 49 states missed the mark on equity in school spending data

Matt Zalaznick -
Only one state provided enough transparent detail to allow advocates to analyze resource inequities and the action being taken to address them, a new report finds.

DeSantis is again threatening 10 defiant school districts as ruling on masks looms

Matt Zalaznick -
A judge is expected to rule Friday on a lawsuit filed by parents from several counties alleging that Florida governor's ban on school mask mandates violates state constitution.

10 Florida school districts have now mandated masks in defiance of ban

Matt Zalaznick -
'A leader should never allow pride or politics to cloud their better judgment,' Leon County Schools superintendent tells Gov. Ron DeSantis.

5 new things to know about vaccines and today’s other COVID disruptions

Matt Zalaznick -
The full approval of the Pfizer vaccine has not ushered in a tidal wave of student or staff vaccine mandates in the nation's public schools—not yet, at least

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