Health and wellness

Variant is dashing leaders’ hopes to make 2022 a year of in-person learning

More large urban districts have shifted to remote learning as teachers unions squared off with administrators in Chicago and New York over in-person learning.

How to walk the fine line between student safety and privacy

For the safety of students nationwide, it's time for the conversation around potentially life-saving monitoring technology to change. Despite the criticism, it is not designed to violate students' privacy.

Racial segregation remains a stubborn fact of life for many K-12 students

White students are especially likely to go to a school where most of their classmates share their racial or ethnic background, a new analysis has found.

Dozens of schools start 2022 with doors closed due to surging infections

Students and teachers in dozens of districts, many in the Northeast, will spend days to weeks on remote learning to start 2022 due to the latest COVID wave.

School stability is a top priority as principals face an uncertain new year

Helping students rebound from the early impacts of the pandemic and reacclimating them to school expectations are top of mind for building leaders.

How school leaders can overcome parents’ attacks on social-emotional learning

Most parents support teaching students collaboration, self-confidence, empathy and civic engagement though some are wary of the phrase 'social-emotional learning.'

Learning wellness: An ounce of tutoring is worth a pound of remediation

Instead of intervening after students have fallen behind, schools should consider a holistic approach that actively prevents learning gaps before they happen.

Testing students to stay in school gets a big safety endorsement

Two studies show that test-to-stay, which supports in-person instruction, is as effective at blocking COVID in schools as is quarantine.

‘Mass exodus’: COVID, politics may spark wave of principals quitting

Job satisfaction hits an "ultimate low" as principals feel the pressure of teachers shortages, student wellness and threats over COVID, survey finds.

Schools across US are being forced to close as threats keep coming

A Michigan district's Facebook post has become all too familiar since the Oxford High School shooting: 'Due to another threat, Lakeshore Schools will be closed again today.'

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