Safety & Wellness

This week, 25 education leaders part of a newly formed COVID-19 task force came to the conclusion that schools should not reopen until the summer or fall and that the necessary school policies that superintendents would need to implement to keep students safe would cost more than what districts can currently afford.

Starting the 2020-21 school year early and lengthening the calendar into next summer may be the best way to provide equity for students and narrow achievement gaps that have widened during coronavirus closures.

Social-emotional learning supports will be key when schools reopen because students will return with varying degrees of anxiety and stress.

Many hotspot discount programs that districts provided to low-income families are reaching their limit, and school leaders are concerned what monthly rates these families will have to pay so students can still learn remotely during school closures.

The approval ratings of teachers, bus drivers, food service workers and other school staff are surging since the coronavirus outbreak closed schools, according to a new NEA survey.

Many educators prefer beginning with instruction on grade level or resuming with what was being taught when schools closed, according to a survey.