Facilities & Security

How to block COVID’s spread from schools to the community

Creating student cohorts of limited size is an effective way thay school administrators can stem COVID-19 transmissions when classrooms reopen for in-person instruction.

3 building blocks to succeed in the coming school year

Taking steps to meet students' basic needs, ensuring connectivity, and advancing innovation will be key to success this year.

Here’s one way to get enough masks and PPE to reopen safely

Schools can fortify their supply chain and build up reserves of masks, hand sanitizer and other PPE with a more strategic procurement approach.

6 indoor air quality missteps school districts are making

Air quality experts offer perspective on assumptions being made by district leaders that are incorrect and are impacting safe school reopenings.

Charter schools fail at astounding rate, report says

More than 850,000 students were displaced during a 28-year period from those schools closing, according to research from the Network for Public Education.

How risky are school activities? This chart has answers.

Walking to school, prepackaged meals and non-contact sports outdoors run a lower risk of transmitting coronavirus in schools. Contact sports, choirs and bands, and buses pose the highest risk.

6 options for serving school lunch, based on cost and safety

Whether districts are resuming with in-person or online learning, models for adjusting foodservice come with different capacities for social distancing and nutritional variety.

How school air quality can combat COVID

Bringing more fresh air through school ventilation, along with ultraviolet and other technologies, can be effective ways to kill the coronavirus in school HVAC systems.

10 surprising changes likely coming to school sports this fall

For high school coaches, athletes and fans, the 2020-21 athletic season will be very different from years' past as traditions give way to safety measures.

CDC prioritizes in-person learning in guidance for reopening schools

Bringing students and teachers back to classrooms for in-person instruction is the guiding principle in the CDC's revised guidelines for reopening schools during a continued surge in COVID infections.

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