District leaders can fortify school mental health services by training teachers to spot trauma, focusing on COVID's inequitable impacts, enlisting parents and building community partnerships.
Students with disabilities, and those from poorer families, likely struggled the most during extended school closures this spring, testified witnesses at a hearing on reopening schools hosted by a House subcommittee.
The coronavirus surge has forced three large D.C-area districts to stick with online learning despite Trump administration pressure to resume in-person classes.
Districts cannot responsibly reopen schools without pressure testing their reopening plans and taking an objective look at the gaps which will undoubtedly exist.
Educators sued Gov. Ron DeSantis and Flordia's department of education Monday to block the reopening of classrooms during the state's continuing surge of coronavirus infection.
Surging coronavirus cases across the country force superintendents to stick with online learning and postpone students' return to in-person instruction.
An unmet need for mental health care motivated Jurupa USD leaders to develop behavioral supports that begin with prenatal care and continue through graduation.
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.
