COVID outbreaks closed dozens of schools and districts in the south in August. But after a wave of closures and mask mandates, the crisis may be ebbing in some communities.
End-of-year FSA test will be replaced with the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking program, which will consist of shorter tests throughout the school year to track student growth.
The Homegrown Talent Initiative expanded career exploration opportunities for students in Colorado communities where educators and businesses have fewer resources to collaborate.
Richardson, Round Rock, Galveston, Elgin, Spring and Sherman independent school districts have been sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for defying Gov. Greg Abbott's ban on mask mandates.
Los Angeles USD's school board and superintendent are taking action on the nation's first major K-12 vaccine mandate to keep students in school through 2022.
Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr. said while the district initially feared the worst for its schools, relatively little damage was sustained and most schools are only waiting to have power restored.
As waves of educators fall ill and new deaths are reported weekly, districts are giving teachers and eligible students cash and other incentives to combat COVID.
The Florida Department of Education has cut state funding to some of the 13 districts that have defied the governor's executive order prohibiting universal masking in schools.
"Ultimately, I feel that I have lost my way, and it began to consume me," Superintendent Purnell said, according to the Enterprise. "I have become tired. Tired of disappointing myself, my family, my friends, my colleagues."
