Safety & Wellness

K-12 leaders grappling with teacher and staff shortages are receiving unprecedented assistance from elected leaders on both sides of the political divide and various sectors of their communities.

A majority of adults trust their schools to handle COVID but they also say preventing the spread of the virus is more important than keeping kids in classrooms.

With schools closures again mounting in all parts of the country, the Biden- Harris administration hopes to counter omicron with a barrage of COVID testing.

More than 80% of teachers said mentoring improves academic performance and also helps students become more independent learners.

Staff shortages in the classroom and elsewhere are the leading reasons some big districts have shifted to virtual learning this week, with administrators hoping to bring students back quickly.

Mask mandates are returning to dozens of districts just as many administrators had loosened COVID precautions in the weeks before omicron struck.