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Why free lunch may no longer be the best way to measure student need

Matt Zalaznick -
Free- and reduced-price lunch, used for decades to set school funding levels and track other accountability measures, no longer serves as an accurate proxy for student poverty, researchers say.

LGBTQ+ topics are being pushed out of schools. What do adults say?

Matt Zalaznick -
Despite a wave of new laws that hit schools this week, a majority of adults oppose banishing sexual orientation or gender identity topics from U.S. classrooms.

Here’s what just replaced COVID as K-12 leaders’ top school safety concern

Matt Zalaznick -
Even as cases plunge, the pandemic is still keeping K-12 leaders up at night, but as of last month, it is no longer what they are worried about most.

Biden’s 2023 budget includes $11.9 billion boost for education

Charles Hendrix -
President's budget request includes $1 billion in funding for school counselors and mental health professionals. The administration proposed similar funding in 2022 but it was cut from the final spending package.

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.

Rise in K-12 violence tied to stress, resignations and transfers

Matt Zalaznick -
Violent and aggressive acts by students and parents against teachers and administrators surged even while many schools were on remote instruction.

High school sports help all students grow. Here’s how to make the idea more appealing.

Matt Zalaznick -
One of the best ways for high school students to continue to build social-emotional skills is to participate in some form of sports, a growing number of education experts say.

How principals are stepping up for their teachers as vacancies increase

Matt Zalaznick -
The intense amount of work teachers are doing to support students through the pandemic is not sustainable. So principals across the country are giving teachers the space to refocus on why they chose the profession in the first place.

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.

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.

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