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Coronavirus

What should active shooter training look like now?

Consider these five ideas for school lockdown drills to help avoid further traumatizing already-anxious students when buildings reopen.

Specialized ‘virtual learning team’ will create district’s online lessons

To take some pressure off teachers, a virtual learning team will create all of the online lessons for the Mountain View Whisman School District in Silicon Valley this coming year.

Study: Administrators anticipate spending more on tech-related items

The 2020-21 school year budgeting focus is on technology more than other education company offerings, according to a recent survey of administrators nationwide.

Study finds 5 straight years of summer learning loss

Among growing concerns about the “Covid-19” slide, a new study has found that more than half of students experienced learning loss every summer between grades 1 and 6.

How to support students in virtual IEP meetings

Here are nine ways school teams can help students with disabilities to feel comfortable and meaningfully participate in IEP meetings held remotely this fall.

Serving English learners with disabilities online this fall

School districts should be ready to step it up on addressing the needs of English learners who require extra support and may need to access education remotely for the new school year, says an educational consultant.

Thu Jul 9th, 2020

How to ensure cybersecurity when students take devices home

When online learning students in Ulysses Public Schools can't access a website, they use software to send an immediate request for approval to the district's IT team.
Thu Jul 9th, 2020

Principals worry about keeping students and staff healthy

Only a third of principals say they are confident students and adults can be kept healthy when schools reopen during COVID-19, a new survey has found.
Thu Jul 9th, 2020

Student assessment in an uncertain time: Current realities and new possibilities

To even the playing field for all students, administrators are rethinking traditional approaches to assessment.

Wed Jul 8th, 2020

Updated: 333 free K-12 resources during coronavirus pandemic

Here are free resources, services and teaching materials being offered at no charge during the coronavirus outbreak. Updated on July 7.
Tue Jul 7th, 2020

Why social-emotional learning must come first when schools reopen

Social-emotional learning will guide students and their teachers in having potentially controversial discussions about their experiences of COVID, the killing of George Floyd and other pressing issues.
Tue Jul 7th, 2020