A new Government Accountability Office report examines school shooting data by type, location, time of day, school year and relationship of the shooter to the school community.
School social workers in low-income and minority communities are sounding the alarm that districts will not be able to meet students' basic needs this fall without more funding.
Reopening schools is crucial but students and teachers cannot return to classrooms safely until surrounding communities have controlled COVID infections, a group of Johns Hopkins University medical experts say.
Surging coronavirus cases across the country force superintendents to stick with online learning and postpone students' return to in-person instruction.
Educators have a better chance of keeping students engaged in online learning with synchronous class meetings, small-group instruction, social media and some other strategies.
District leaders should prioritize full-time, in-person instruction for grades K-5 and students in special education when reopening schools later this summer, a team of education researchers say.
Federal interpretation of the CARES Act, contend the attorneys general of Michigan, California, Maine, New Mexico, Wisconson and District of Columbia, will hurt low-income and at-risk students and their teachers, as well as the public schools that serve them and need to meet students' educational and social-emotional needs due to pandemic-related school closures.
Local education agencies can apply for supplemental funds to purchase content, expand connectivity for students, provide devices for teachers and students, license systems that support distance learning infrastructure, or provide PD on effectively delivering remote learning.
