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High school students were making progress in 2 key areas before COVID struck

Matt Zalaznick -
On the eve of COVID, high school students were making progress in two high-priority areas: they were earning more credits and taking more rigorous STEM courses. 

5 principals detail how leading through COVID has reshaped the future

Matt Zalaznick -
Do more project-based learning and do it outdoors: That philosophy has been driving Principal Patricia Gallegos' throughout the pandemic at San Antonito STEM Magnet Elementary in Albuquerque.

K-12 mask mandates not only worked. They really worked.

Matt Zalaznick -
As waves of West Coast districts join the nation in loosening COVID rules, yet more evidence is showing that mask mandates were extremely effective in blocking the virus.

Florida education commissioner who battled mask mandates to resign next month

Charles Hendrix -
During Richard Corcoran's tenure, the state department of education clashed with districts in the state and with the U.S. Department of Education over restrictions on mask mandates in schools.

Just how effective were masks in stopping COVID from spreading in schools?

Matt Zalaznick -
With the masking decision in most parts of the county now left up to students and families, the CDC reports that masks cut COVID transmission rates by a significant amount.

This one factor is blamed for more learning loss than remote instruction

Matt Zalaznick -
Remote learning was not the biggest reason some students fell so far behind in reading and math during the pandemic, new research revealed this week.

K-12 groups blast loss of free meals while some praise spending package

Matt Zalaznick -
Loss of free universal meal waivers will "devastate school meal programs" and is a "worst-case scenario" for children nationwide, anti-hunger advocates and education leaders say.

Do parents prefer COVID learning pods? Here are 5 things to know

Matt Zalaznick -
Some district leaders may need to rethink enrollment goals as the homeschool-inspired learnings pods that families set up during the darkest days of COVID are becoming permanent.

Let’s just teach

Christine Schepeler -
A director of math and science argues that going back to basics is the way forward.

A look at how 3 innovative principals are softening the pandemic’s blows

Matt Zalaznick -
School leaders have never had a greater opportunity to be superheroes than they do now as they steer the recovery from the pandemic and other turbulent events, Principal S. Kambar Khoshaba says.

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