Student Success

Screen time, social media, video games and various other online and digital activities are pretty much the only way students can maintain social lives under stay-at-home orders.

All screen time is not created equal, notes Chief Technology Officer Rich Boettner of Hilliard City Schools in Ohio, which has been a trendsetter managing student devices.

How teachers and administrators can set guidelines when helping students—and parents—navigate screen time, smartphones and the internet.

Can students survive an entire school day without their smartphone screens? How about a whole school year? The answer is a resounding yes in at least two districts.

Here are four strategies for helping these vulnerable students and their families, who struggle to find regular meals, during school closures related to the coronavirus pandemic.

As COVID-19 affects the mental health of Latino students at significantly higher rates than whites, Cutler-Orosi JUSD in California struggles to provide support for a student population that is 97% hispanic.