Here's how to train school personnel so that efforts to check students for symptoms of COVID-19 and chart their potential exposure to the virus keep FERPA compliance in mind.
While staggered arrival and departure times for students with disabilities might be acceptable in the return to school this fall, administrators must be aware that such an arrangement could affect a student's right to FAPE.
Among the social-emotional stressors East Saint Louis School District students, the coronavirus pandemic “has just been one more thing,” says administrators Tiffany Gholson.
The financial impact of coronavirus-related school closures includes school meal programs. Here's how Michigan is addressing related issues for the new school year.
Remote suicide prevention efforts involve reinforcing coping skills and collaborating with families and community partners to support students at-risk for having suicidal thoughts.
District leaders must work with communities to ensure a safe and equitable education for all learners—and be prepared to make adjustments, says DA guest columnist and retired Tucson USD Assistant Superintendent Eugene Butler Jr.
“Relationships before rigor, grace before grades, patience before programs, love before lessons.” —Dr. Brad Johnson. Learn More About Acadience Learning Months ago, when I was tasked with writing a blog about using student data to improve outcomes, our lives were very different from where they are now. I had some ideas about what I wanted to […]
Student data privacy laws still apply when a district transitions to remote learning, and keeping track of data becomes more difficult when students and staff access everything remotely, says DA guest columnist Charlie Sander.
