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Briefings

How SEL training can help alleviate teacher burnout, stress

Foundation offers 5 tips to lessen burdens on educators.

4 ways to make remote learning equal or superior to in-person instruction

High-quality, digital materials that encourage collaboration and a caregiver to help with assignments enabled remote students to learn as effectively as their in-person classmates.

Summer study in public health boosts STEM interest in students

Rutgers program shows potential to build career pathways.

Choice for NYC teachers: Be fully vaccinated or face a weekly COVID test

All New York City teachers must be fully vaccinated against COVID by Sept. 13, the first day of school, or submit to weekly testing, Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered Monday.

Here are Grand Rapids schools’ 7 priorities for COVID relief spending

Fines arts programs had subsisted on a shoestring budget in Grand Rapids Public Schools but now its leaders will spend ESSER funds to buy art supplies, instruments and tickets to music festivals.

5 top priorities to prepare for in-person learning this fall

While different districts may consider certain issues more pressing than others, these 5 propositions are being discussed as priorities for reopening throughout the country.
Fri Jul 23rd, 2021

8 ways school leaders continued to innovate during the pandemic

But Schools have yet to use technology to its full potential, say researchers who built a tool that lets educators share insights into how ed-tech works best.
Fri Jul 23rd, 2021

It’s now illegal in 8 states for schools to force COVID vaccinations

With the Delta variant spreading and younger children ineligible for vaccines, states are barring schools from requiring COVID vaccinations as 2021-22 approaches.
Fri Jul 23rd, 2021

7 immediate ESSER actions schools can take to improve air quality

Department of Education offers new guidance on using American Rescue Plan and other ESSER funds to upgrade building ventilation systems to block COVID.

Fri Jul 23rd, 2021

5 more COVID spending plans get thumbs up from Department of Education

State ESSER plans are required as a condition of receiving a portion of the more than $122 billion in funds authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act.

Thu Jul 22nd, 2021

7 ways after-school staff can join a more diverse teacher workforce

After-school staff seeking to become classroom teachers often enroll in nontraditional development programs designed to diversify the education workforce, report says.
Thu Jul 22nd, 2021