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Coronavirus

‘The need for masking may come and go, like the need for a jacket in winter’

Matt Zalaznick -
More school districts are dropping mask mandates than are reinstating them as educators wait to see if the latest COVID wave will match past surges in severity.

School closures. A new mask mandate. COVID is coming back, but how bad?

Matt Zalaznick -
Masks will once again be required in Philadelphia's schools as other large districts are also seeing an increase in COVID cases. Still, K-12 leaders elsewhere are dropping their mask mandates.

Top 10 states where the most in-person learning occurred during COVID

Matt Zalaznick -
"School closures may ultimately prove to be the most costly policy decision of the pandemic era." That's the somber conclusion made by researchers taking a fresh look at the economic and other impacts of COVID. 

How are school leaders responding as COVID rises again in some districts?

Matt Zalaznick -
Neither mask mandates nor other precautions are returning to schools that are dealing with increasing new COVID cases in recent weeks.

These 5 challenges are chipping away at the optimism of principals

Matt Zalaznick -
Job satisfaction among principals is being hampered by the likelihood of ongoing, unsustainable workloads and too much time spent on administrative tasks.

How community schools are being rewarded for boosting vaccine confidence

Matt Zalaznick -
Community schools in multiple states will be the focus of renewed efforts to vaccinate more children and staff in underresourced cities and neighborhoods.

1 in 3 are suffering: How teen mental health declined during COVID

Matt Zalaznick -
Hard data around mental health is bringing educators' concerns about the severity of students' COVID-era struggles with anxiety, thoughts of suicide, and racism into stark relief.

Here’s what just replaced COVID as K-12 leaders’ top school safety concern

Matt Zalaznick -
Even as cases plunge, the pandemic is still keeping K-12 leaders up at night, but as of last month, it is no longer what they are worried about most.

The old model of K-12 professional development is out and ‘anytime, anywhere’ PD is in

Amy Dunkin -
Given staffing shortages, it's hard enough to keep schools open, let alone allow time for teachers to be out of the classroom for trainings. Technology is enabling us to flip this outdated model.

Three school years into COVID, are students gaining ground or still sliding?

Matt Zalaznick -
Though many schools have held in-person instruction during most of 2021-22, one set of widely used assessments shows student performance in year two of the pandemic is lower than during the first year.

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