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On the first day of school when classrooms reopen in Texas' Ector County ISD, teachers are more likely to cover social-emotional learning than math or English, Superintendent Scott Muri says.
Superintendents proceeding with online learning programs can join state and local efforts to extend high-speed, broadband internet in their communities.
Teens have turned to social media not to cut themselves off from current events, but to seek connections that boost mental health during this age of coronavirus-induced anxiety and isolation.
In a pair of surveys, many parents expressed concern about the coronavirus outbreak's negative impact on learning while teachers detailed challenges to tackle before the 2020-21 school year.
School district leaders must review and revise policies that act as barriers to the enrollment of children and youths experiencing homelessness.
Music can play a major role in helping students cope with school closures and other coronavirus disruptions—and give them more control over their learning.
As districts make plans to reopen schools, IEP and 504 teams should be identifying and planning how to serve students with medical conditions that make them especially vulnerable to COVID-19.
During online learning, music teachers can help students develop the skills needed on the engineering side of the music business, such as using digital tools to record themselves.
Leveraging both technology-based and face-to-face instructional approaches, blended learning in this state will be supported by federal funds. School districts plan to increase instructional hours, including summer school time, English learner programs, and tutoring capacity, to address the COVID slide.
Supports are available to district leaders making complex school design decisions this summer. Because staffing and facilities constraints impact every approach, the tools help in understanding what is possible and what tradeoffs will have to be considered.
District leaders can improve and streamline the process of screening student temperatures by using thermal camera technology. Here are five points district leaders should consider before implementation.
District leaders can use their preexisting visitor management systems for contact tracing and make them contactless by reconfiguring the system setup and overall layout at check-in.
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