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Coronavirus

6 indoor air quality missteps school districts are making

Air quality experts offer perspective on assumptions being made by district leaders that are incorrect and are impacting safe school reopenings.

Ensuring homeless students have access to education

Amid COVID-19, district administrators should consider statutory funding uses and reprioritizing homeless education spending.

4 steps for shifting from face-to-face learning

In shifting from hybrid learning to remote instruction, educators must support students who have been most harmed by COVID and racial injustice, a new report urges.

3 keys to big city’s plan to close digital divide

35,000 low-income, K-12 students will get free broadband internet for online learning through Philadelphia’s digital equity efforts to close the digital divide.

5 factors to consider when parents request grade retention for their child

Conversation topics educators can have with parents in making individualized decisions about a request to retain include pre-pandemic skill levels, remote instruction progress and alternatives to retention.

School districts in these 10 states have canceled fall sports

Football is king in the state of Pennsylvania, especially at the high school level, but it is in danger of being canceled this fall, along with many other activities. This […]
Fri Aug 7th, 2020

Student voice becomes a key component of SEL

Among the social-emotional stressors for staff and students in East Saint Louis School District #189, COVID and the coronavirus “has just been one more thing,” an administrator says.

Fri Aug 7th, 2020

What you need to know about students with asthma and COVID-19

Here are 5 actions schools can take to help keep students with asthma safe and comfortable, including how to address instances of a student who experiences breathing difficulties while in school.
Fri Aug 7th, 2020

Updated: 339 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 August 10.
Fri Aug 7th, 2020

Generation Esports: Serving high schools, middle schools and more

The organization's acting president, Jason Kirby, discusses its rise, the power of the HSEL and the new MSEL, and getting a more diverse pool of young kids involved.
Thu Aug 6th, 2020

SEL equity: 9 changes educators should make

Students of color need social-emotional learning that affirms Black and brown identities as schools reopen during COVID and the anti-racism movement, report says.

Thu Aug 6th, 2020