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Student voice surged in importance pre-COVID as educators sought new ways to engage learners. Now, a growing number of districts is making student voice a key strategy in recovering from the pandemic.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Violent and aggressive acts by students and parents against teachers and administrators surged even while many schools were on remote instruction.
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.
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.
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.
Loss of free universal meal waivers will "devastate school meal programs" and is a "worst-case scenario" for children nationwide, anti-hunger advocates and education leaders say.
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.