Educators and social workers in Fresno USD spent several months of the pandemic trying to locate one student who had attended the same elementary school for several years.
Campers who are vaccinated do not have to wear masks this summer, and camps can dispense with social distancing if everyone involved is vaccinated, CDC says.
The U.S. Education Department released its long-awaited FAQ on allowably using funds allocated through ESSER and GEER on May 26, providing answers to questions state and local educational agencies had on numerous issues, including construction and renovation, as well as providing vaccinations to students and staff.
CDC's big shift in masking guidance creates new challenges for "an exhausted and sometimes scapegoated workforce" of teachers planning for education's recovery.
The program provides flexibility to consolidate federal, state, and local funding to create a single school funding system based on weighted per-pupil allocations for low-income and other disadvantaged students.
We are already seeing union campaigns to boost hiring, even though the much-predicted teacher exodus never materialized. In fact, we lost fewer school employees through resignations and retirement in 2020 than in 2019.
Getting students who have missed significant amounts of school to return is the only the first step in what will a long and challenging recovery process, dropout expert says.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that there isn't enough time for schools to adequately adjust their policies and procedures to ensure safety.
