American Federation of Teachers president: "If community spread is too high, if you don’t have the infrastructure of testing, and if you don’t have safeguards ... we believe you cannot reopen in person.”
School districts large and small have been working to bolster substitute teacher pools to prepare for teacher shortages during the coronavirus pandemic. Will it be enough?
States are drafting guidance for school districts as officials try to reduce the potential for coronavirus outbreaks as students return to classrooms in the fall.
Rather than present a best guess as fact, provide students with the tools they need to stay up to date on COVID-19, says DA guest columnist Hannah Dismuke, a science teacher in North Carolina's Guilford County Schools.
The Education Department has released a new streamlined waiver request form, allowing state educational agencies to be free from meeting certain requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
"Zoom bombing" is a growing cybersecurity concern as hackers infiltrate online classes to heckle teachers while displaying pornography and racist images.
DA guest columnists Oksana Hagerty and Nicki Nance provide 10 strategies for educators and parents to consider implementing during school closures. Hagerty and Nance are from Beacon College, which is dedicated to educating primarily neurodivergent students.
