Classroom pets serving as guest stars in online learning sessions this spring gave students separated from teachers and friends a social-emotional learning boost.
Leveraging both technology-based and face-to-face instructional approaches, blended learning in this state will be supported by federal funds. School districts plan to increase instructional hours, including summer school time, English learner programs, and tutoring capacity, to address the COVID slide.
As districts make plans to reopen schools, IEP and 504 teams should be identifying and planning how to serve students with medical conditions that make them especially vulnerable to COVID-19.
District leaders can use their preexisting visitor management systems for contact tracing and make them contactless by reconfiguring the system setup and overall layout at check-in.
District leaders can improve and streamline the process of screening student temperatures by using thermal camera technology. Here are five points district leaders should consider before implementation.
Supports are available to district leaders making complex school design decisions this summer. Because staffing and facilities constraints impact every approach, the tools help in understanding what is possible and what tradeoffs will have to be considered.
Clarifying common misconceptions about three key requirements: Live hearings, cross-examination, and the duty to appoint advisors to the parties in a sexual harassment complaint
What equity-driven school improvement looks like in Mount Vernon, New York: themed high schools, full prekindergarten, revamped middle school and health care.
