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4 topics to jumpstart post-pandemic security planning

With more students returning to classrooms, it's time for district administrators to focus on safety issues beyond the COVID public health crisis.

4 ways Minnesota aims to boost students’ digital wellbeing

Minnesota's digital wellbeing bill would fund education and training around the balanced use of screens, the internet and social media, supporters say. 

Consider disability-related causes for absenteeism, truancy

Here are several attendance-related intervention strategies, which are especially important during periods of remote and hybrid learning.

4 security tactics you should follow as schools reopen

With much focus on re-engaging students in learning as more schools reopen, administrators are also re-committing to security beyond PPE and COVID precautions.

Community IS curriculum: Building the connection between SEL and academics

As we reopened our doors to teachers and students, beyond health and safety protocols, we focused on building the sense of resilience that children need to recover from the upheavals of the past year.

How ‘harm-reduction’ drug education guides teen decision-making

Schools are adopting a harm-reduction drug education curriculum that advocates say helps students make better decisions than "abstinence-only" programs.

5 priorities for reopening with equity and mental health care

Bringing a "return to normal" mindset to the reopening of schools will likely not be in the best interests of mental health and social justice.

How in-person graduations symbolize COVID recovery

Colorado's St. Vrain Valley Schools celebrates highest-ever graduation and AP-test participation rates, and a basketball championship, as it emerges from COVID.

Teachers union questions safety of 3 feet of social distancing

American Federation of Teachers concerned if three feet will work in highest-density, least-resourced schools, and pushes for more safety guidelines.

4 ways to make SEL a bigger priority in your district

Here are four steps that all school districts can start using now to support social-emotional learning and eliminate equity gaps.

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