Health and wellness

28 states reveal American Rescue education spending plans

ARP-funded initiatives support the safe reopening of schools and aim to reverse underlying inequities faced by students who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID.

5 keys to empowering peer-to-peer student support programs

With the pandemic and issues of racism increasing students' need for support, young people are turning to each other augment services provided by schools.

5 questions about teaching critical race theory as bans spread

CRT opponents who advocate "colorblind education" in treating all students equally regardless of their ethnicity neglect the deeper impacts of race, expert says.

Not all schools join wave of districts dropping mask rules

Heatwaves in the Northeast and elsewhere have allowed students to remove masks this week as more and more districts make face coverings optional this summer and fall. 

Office for Civil Rights details COVID’s 3 big equity impacts

Department of Education urges action on learning loss and achievement gaps, access to learning resources and opportunities, and English learner participation.

Is the CDC ready to change its school mask guidance?

With state after state banning mask mandates and many other districts dropping theirs, the CDC has signaled that it may soon change its masking guidance for schools.

As mandates ease, some schools stick with masks

Georgia restricts the ability of school leaders to mandate masks while Idaho reverses course and rescinds a ban on K-12 mask requirements that lasted just one day.

K-12 students show strength, empathy during pandemic

A new Pearson report of students and parents in four countries underscores the resilience and compassion of young learners.

Iowa superintendent: ‘Our mask mandate was about our care for others’

Idaho banned school mask mandates as an Iowa superintendent posted a heartfelt blog asking the community to wear masks to protect others.  

No masks needed for vaccinated summer campers, CDC says

Campers who are vaccinated do not have to wear masks this summer, and camps can dispense with social distancing if everyone involved is vaccinated, CDC says.

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