Health and wellness

CDC plots ‘long-needed roadmap’ for reopening schools

CDC's new guidance on reopening schools emphasizes equity, prioritizes mask wearing and physical distancing to keep students safe.

Why CDC reopening guidance is just the start of K-12 recovery

Bringing students back to classrooms will take a substantial amount of resources beyond what many districts can marshal on their own, expert says.

Why a rural district’s ‘live teaching stations’ will outlast COVID

At the outset of COVID, District Administrator Mark Weddig and his team decided online learning had to resemble live, in-person instruction as closely as possible.

Superintendent: Kids will be OK but need support

The COVID experience and the shift to online learning has shown Superintendent Jill Underly that students in her rural school district are pretty resilient.

How a community helps a rural school cope with COVID

Students have attended class in-person throughout 2020-21 in Wisconsin's Turtle Lake School District, a one-building, pre-K through 12 system with an enrollment of 170.

Keep students with Down syndrome safe during in-person learning

Students with Down syndrome who contract COVID-19 are more susceptible to severe illness. Learn how to protect them during in-person schooling.

How a first-year superintendent confronts COVID

Keeping classrooms open during a worsening COVID pandemic and designing a hybrid learning model presented Loren Glasbrenner with a pair of unprecedented challenges.

Deploying a trauma-informed approach: Use the 4 Rs

As school leaders and educators, being equipped to deal with heightened and varying degrees of behavioral and mental health challenges among our students is as essential as ensuring their academic achievement.

How a rural superintendent balances COVID concerns

For Superintendent Keith Perrigan, COVID has been about weighing the risk of having students in class against the risk of not having them in class at Bristol Virginia Public Schools. 

4 key lessons for schools from an online learning expert

Schools now have a unique chance to redefine education—an evolution that would have taken years to occur without the pandemic.

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