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Health and wellness

Initiative fatigue: How to keep your educators energized as COVID drags on

Matt Zalaznick -
To counter fatigue amplified by the pandemic, leaders should learn to say 'no' to some initiatives and focus on the 'priorities of the priorities'

Mental health checkup: 3 ways students are feeling about post-COVID friendships

Matt Zalaznick -
Students felt classmates have been friendlier during COVID but fewer are saying they can be themselves around their peers over the last 18 months, a new survey shows.

Why more districts are speeding up to power past COVID learning loss

Matt Zalaznick -
ESSER funds are allowing K-12 leaders to lower class sizes and add personnel to focus on the academic and social-emotional priorities that will help students recover.

What a new OSHA vaccination rule could mean for schools in 21 states

Charles Hendrix -
New federal rule requiring COVID vaccinations or weekly testing and face coverings for private employers with more than 100 employees could soon apply to state and local educational agencies.

Schools want more rapid COVID tests but supply chain stands in the way

Matt Zalaznick -
Adding to the urgency is that many districts are now following a test-to-stay approach to keep close contacts in class or want to sends rapid COVID tests home with students.

CDC approves COVID vaccines for kids 5-11, rollout begins Wednesday

Chris Burt -
Distribution could begin soon to get doses to physicians; research will continue at other institutions for children under 5.

6 new COVID testing plans are rolling out as districts ease mask mandates

Matt Zalaznick -
More personnel to conduct school COVID testing and guidance on incentivizing parents to opt-in highlight the White House's latest pandemic prevention strategies for K-12.

4 big issues are to blame for this fall’s rougher school board races

Matt Zalaznick -
Masks, vaccines, critical race theory or transgender athletes have led to a record numbers of first-time candidates and a greater presence of political parties in school board elections.

One district’s warning to students: Get vaccinated or you could be expelled

Matt Zalaznick -
Students who do not comply with on big California district's vaccine mandate by Jan. 1 face potential expulsion if they don't enroll in remote learning or receive an exemption.

Once defiant Florida districts join growing wave of schools easing up on masks

Matt Zalaznick -
Florida K-12 who have been at the forefront of battling state leaders over masks are now beginning to loosen their mandates as dozens of districts in once hard-hit areas are going mask optional.

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