Health and wellness

How a district responded when COVID cases quadrupled

After a sharp surge in COVID infections in December, leaders in the City School District of Albany saw an urgent need for voluntary surveillance testing of staff and students. 

Florida superintendent urges quick teacher vaccinations

Teachers and school employees should be declared essential workers and prioritized for COVID vaccinations in order to keep classrooms open, a Florida superintendent says.

New book offers guidance, tools to address needs of students with significant social, emotional, behavioral needs

Supporting Students With Intense Social, Emotional and Behavioral Challenges: The NEEDS-SEB Model details how to establish and maintain programming for students with intense social, emotional, and behavioral needs.

This state’s Board of Ed says no to fully remote instruction

The limitations to online learning are too great to overcome, say West Virginia officials. So on Tuesday, the directive to counties is to have no solely-at-home option.

Can Joe Biden test every student for COVID every week?

Wide-scale, school-site COVID testing of students and staff appears to be a key part of Joe Biden's hope of reopening classrooms within the first 100 days of his presidency. 

How schools are rolling out on-site COVID testing

High COVID positivity rates in its high school and in a Massachusetts community drove Ashland Public Schools leaders to seek the state's help to expand testing.

How to ease back to in-person learning

Here are 5 ways to help students—and staff—have less anxiety about returning to school buildings

Preventing student harm to self and others in remote learning

Even in a remote environment, teachers remain the most likely adults to spot signs of bullying, abuse, anxiety, depression, and disengagement among students

How an outdoor classroom blends ed-tech with nature

Long before COVID, Thousand Oaks High School in California began designing an outdoor classroom equipped with all the instructional technology of an indoor learning space.

Nevada has achieved internet, devices for all students

Through a huge public-private coalition, the state has managed to completely close gaps in five months.

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