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Facilities & Security

Here are Grand Rapids schools’ 7 priorities for COVID relief spending

Fines arts programs had subsisted on a shoestring budget in Grand Rapids Public Schools but now its leaders will spend ESSER funds to buy art supplies, instruments and tickets to music festivals.

5 top priorities to prepare for in-person learning this fall

While different districts may consider certain issues more pressing than others, these 5 propositions are being discussed as priorities for reopening throughout the country.

7 immediate ESSER actions schools can take to improve air quality

Department of Education offers new guidance on using American Rescue Plan and other ESSER funds to upgrade building ventilation systems to block COVID.

How will federal funds help fix our crumbling schools?

ARP funds permit schools to use money to repair and reconstruct, but guidance from ED imposes limits that may be problematic.

ED presses states to apply for $600M for homeless students

The second round of funding through the Homeless Children and Youth Fund will provide districts with much-needed support.

Parents deeply divided on K-12 students getting vaccines

With half either undecided or opting against vaccination for their children, what does that mean for school reopenings?
Fri Jul 2nd, 2021

Duke report: Masks may be key to reopening K-12s safely in fall

Masking was effective in North Carolina in preventing COVID-19 spread both in classes and on buses.
Thu Jul 1st, 2021

More than 100 Missouri schools have bought ‘often unproven’ air-cleaning technology

This article was originally published by St. Louis Public Radio, via Kaiser Health News. When the coronavirus pandemic hit, Scott Dulle scoured the internet for ways to safely get kids […]
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Fri Jun 18th, 2021

How to make your school the front porch of the community

You cannot park in front of Rodriguez Elementary in San Marcos CISD. Designers wanted its front yard and entrance to flow more seamlessly into the surrounding community.

Fri Jun 11th, 2021

For Baltimore City students with limited healthcare access, there’s an app for that

Data-driven digital primary care system K Health has partnered with Baltimore City Public Schools to provide free remote health services to 80,000 students and their families through an app called K For Parents.

Thu May 27th, 2021

Air urgency: 6 actions will make school ventilation healthier

'Many K-12 schools do not have good ventilation' write the authors of a new Johns Hopkins report urging quick investments in school air quality upgrades.

Wed May 26th, 2021