With at least some remote learning likely in the fall, the IT department plays an essential role in assuring devices and systems are secure and scalable.
In a National PTA webinar, infectious disease physicians answered questions from parents and teachers on COVID-19's impact on children and youth and what current information indicates about how to mitigate risks for transmission in schools.
Surging coronavirus cases across the country force superintendents to stick with online learning and postpone students' return to in-person instruction.
School leaders must weigh the risks of COVID infections with the academic, social-emotional and economic benefits of reopening classrooms for in-person learning.
When online learning students in Ulysses Public Schools can't access a website, they use software to send an immediate request for approval to the district's IT team.
Social-emotional learning for the coming school year actually began in July with professional development in Naperville School District 203 in the Chicago suburbs.
As schools reopen, district leaders and their teams will have to consistently track which students need devices and reliable, high-speed connections at home.
Williamsville Central School District has developed software that automatically assigns students to attend labs where they math interventions if they get questions wrong on grade free tests, which all four of the New York district's middle schools administer every morning.
