Biden administration's testing flexibility will not end the debate while the courts and Congress are likely to weigh in on gender identity, discrimination and athletics.
School districts have an "avalanche" of COVID relief money coming their way; the hard part will be spending it wisely, says Michael J. Petrilli of the Fordham Institute.
At the outset of COVID, District Administrator Mark Weddig and his team decided online learning had to resemble live, in-person instruction as closely as possible.
COVID's impact has so far been more emotional than academic for students in southern Wisconsin's rural Parkview School District, Superintendent Steve Lutzke says.
For Superintendent Keith Perrigan, COVID has been about weighing the risk of having students in class against the risk of not having them in class at Bristol Virginia Public Schools.
Martin County, one of the first in the state to open for face-to-face instruction, has provided safe, strong educational environments for students at schools through the pandemic.
Citing safety and social-emotional concerns, many school and athletic leaders are keeping their student-athletes off the field. Some are even delaying participation until 2021.
Walking to school, prepackaged meals and non-contact sports outdoors run a lower risk of transmitting coronavirus in schools. Contact sports, choirs and bands, and buses pose the highest risk.
For high school coaches, athletes and fans, the 2020-21 athletic season will be very different from years' past as traditions give way to safety measures.
