Conversation topics educators can have with parents in making individualized decisions about a request to retain include pre-pandemic skill levels, remote instruction progress and alternatives to retention.
Students will need flexibility as they face a future of work that will operate increasingly as a gig economy and—since the COVID outbreak—a remote economy, says one K-12 expert.
Students of color need social-emotional learning that affirms Black and brown identities as schools reopen during COVID and the anti-racism movement, report says.
Buying meals, beverages or snacks for an event such as a professional development session is only allowable when it's reasonable and necessary. The restrictions are keeping many school districts from purchasing food with federal funds.
Academic institutions must actively lead the industry to combat cyberbullying. According to the Anti-Defamation League, 65 percent of players suffered 'severe harassment.'
With at least some remote learning likely in the fall, the IT department plays an essential role in assuring devices and systems are secure and scalable.
Exclusion of religious schools in a tax-based scholarship program is discriminatory, according to the decision, which is a disappointment to many public school supporters.
