School districts plan COVID-19 trauma support, even as classes resume online
A teenager in Fulton County, Georgia, lost both parents to COVID-19 this summer. When he returns to school, staff members...
districts
Just over half of districts plan some level of in-person instruction for fall
Dive Brief: Data collected by the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) suggests, as of the end of July, 40%...
As new school year approaches, how will districts address the ‘COVID slide’?
Less than a month after schools across the country transitioned to online learning in the spring, the internet went wild...
Refreshing staff on FERPA essential as districts implement COVID-19 screening
Dive Brief: As schools implement systems to check students for coronavirus symptoms, administrators must ensure Family Educational Rights and Privacy...
School districts, boards respond to calls for change amid civil rights protests
Dive Brief: Fairfax County School Board in Virginia voted Tuesday to rename its Robert E. Lee High School following protests...
Districts see room for growth in principal hiring practices
Effective school leadership is now considered a necessary part of improving schools, according to a new RAND Corp. survey of...
As states cut budgets, racial funding gaps between districts could widen
In a House Education and Labor Committee hearing Monday, lawmakers predicted the ongoing coronavirus pandemic could widen racial funding gaps...
Amid protests, districts re-examine police contracts, policies
In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, school...
Plexiglass dividers, health screenings among safety measures in districts’ reopening plans
Dive Brief: Detroit Public Schools recently released a draft of its reopening plan, based on guidelines from the Centers for...
Report: Most districts lacked clear plans in shift to remote learning
Dive Brief: A new analysis of the remote learning plans of 477 U.S. school districts shows about a third have...
