Admin & Management

Why activists just launched a campaign to remove police from schools

Advocates for Black, brown and other marginalized students say they fear that a return to normal this school year will put kids at risk of more than just catching COVID.

Health benefits: More schools are now offering bonuses to the fully vaccinated

As waves of educators fall ill and new deaths are reported weekly, districts are giving teachers and eligible students cash and other incentives to combat COVID.

Takeaways for special educators from OCR probes into ban on mask mandates

Letters to five states signal to other states and districts that ED is taking the position that prohibitions on universal masking violate the rights of some students with 504 plans or IEPs under IDEA and that schools had better accommodate them.

DeSantis fires back on masks as disabled students are now suing Iowa

The Florida Department of Education has cut state funding to some of the 13 districts that have defied the governor's executive order prohibiting universal masking in schools.

COVID is now shutting districts down in droves as mask disputes rage on

Another governor has waded into the battle over school mask mandates as a Florida superintendent fined by her state said face coverings are beginning to have an impact on COVID-19 transmissions.

Ida’s ‘catastrophic’ wrath has shut schools in several more states

Flooding and tornadoes spawned by Ida closed districts across the Northeastern U.S. after the powerful hurricane shuttered New Orleans-area schools indefinitely.  

School closures are spiking as one district proves masks are protecting kids

COVID positivity rate among students in one Florida district has dropped by 23% since masks were mandated even as state leaders continue to threaten fines and other punishments.

New ED guidance promotes best practices for recovering lost learning

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.

Leading the team in a school district ‘where kids come first’

Superintendent Brad Tuttle and his lineup of standout educators at Jersey CUSD 100 have students on paths to success in Southern Illinois.

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

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.

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