Subscribe
type here...

Coronavirus

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.

New nationwide call to action aims to help solve teacher shortages

Matt Zalaznick -
The Biden Administration—calling teacher shortages one of education's most "critical challenges"—is urging district leaders, higher education and states to collaborate to move more student-teachers into classrooms to speed K-12's recovery from the pandemic.

Let’s make COVID the catalyst for closing long-standing achievement gaps

Ryan Patenaude -
Here are three key requirements for success

Federal judge sides with 12 disabled kids seeking masks in schools

Matt Zalaznick -
Federal judge rules that a new Virginia law allowing parents to opt children out of mask mandates cannot prevent 12 vulnerable students from seeking a “reasonable modification” that could require that their classmates wear masks.

6 problems that have made COVID recovery look like a game of ‘Whack-a-Mole’

Matt Zalaznick -
Go back in time with us for a moment. At the end of 2020-21, the big instructional challenge facing schools seemed obvious: help students rebound academically as quickly as possible.

5 ways high schools need to look different to get and keep students on track to graduate

Karen Hawley Miles -
The influx of one-time federal K-12 funding provides a unique opportunity to rethink how we organize resources so all high school students are well served

Mask tracker: Last batch of K-12 mandates have come to an end

Matt Zalaznick -
States that had mask mandates in place the longest are now lifting the requirement as districts across the country look to find a new normal.

ESSER ideas: What would you do with $1 million? a leader asks principals

Matt Zalaznick -
More engaging summer school programs and the return of field trips were two key initiatives that emerged as Bibb County Schools decided how to spend the latest round of COVID relief funds.

How COVID increased the urgency to revamp K-12’s approach to grading

Matt Zalaznick -
Nearly one-third of students in grades three through 12 earned at last one F in their report cards while Santa Fe Public Schools was on remote instruction.

Teachers need our help. Here are 5 things we can do

Noel Gomez -
As the COVID-19 crisis evolves from epidemic to endemic, how do we help teachers regain their love of teaching?

Most Popular

© 2024. District Administration. All rights reserved.
222 Lakeview Ave Suite 800 West Palm Beach FL 33401