The free meal programs operated by the New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston school districts increased access to healthy food for children and adults during COVID closures.
Districts are obligated to comply with federal laws related to engaging with families, even with pandemic protocols keeping parents from being in school buildings. Here's how parents of children in Los Angeles schools are being reached.
Five factors were good indicators of how confident principals and their teams felt about the transition to online learning when COVID shut down classrooms in the spring.
Consider hiring those who lost jobs due to the pandemic. These 'second act' teachers add diverse skills and experiences to the district's educational mix.
Nearly 2 million California students lack access to the internet and 690,000 don't have a computer even as online learning is the norm in most districts.
