The closure of school buildings in response to the coronavirus has been disruptive and inconvenient for many families, but for those living in homeless shelters or hotel rooms — including roughly 1.5 million school-aged children — the shuttering of classrooms…
Leaders of four districts that made the leap share what’s working—and what’s not—as in-person classes get underway.
Get an overview of this fall’s Big Ideas special report, which is dedicated to addressing anti-Black systemic racism in schools.
In many states, this week marks fall count day, when schools must submit enrollment numbers to determine state funding for the next year. But the pandemic seems to be driving down those enrollments.
The majority of America’s public school students are learning exclusively online, according to a new national poll of their parents — and most of those parents want school officials to focus on improving that experience. The poll, released by the…
Readers shared their photos and videos of how the pandemic has modified school buildings and inspired new ‘Covid classrooms’ this fall.
The Wall Street Journal reports New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday introduced maps highlighting coronavirus hot spots in New York City. Cuomo said schools centered in these zones must close and switch to remote learning, while schools on the periphery…
Writing in Education Week’s “Politics K-12” blog, staff writer Daarel Burnette II details “five ideas that have been surfaced in school funding policy circles and a look at some of the political and logistical headwinds they face,” such as raising taxes,…
In continuing coverage, Education Week reports on how the effort to change the admissions for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax, Virginia “reflects a nationwide debate over how best to diversify student enrollments in public schools’ advanced academic…
The Wall Street Journal reports that new Evanston schools superintendent Devon Horton told the residents of Evanston in a public meeting via Zoom that for minorities groups, the coronavirus was just another chapter in a long history of persecution; the pandemic…
Chalkbeat reports Philadelphia school officials said Tuesday they remain “committed” to reopening schools in November, after the first marking period, despite an increase in confirmed cases in the city. Officials in late July announced the school year would have an…
The Washington Post reports that “across America, the coronavirus pandemic has rewritten the syllabus for the 2020-2021 school year.” Teachers “are facing formidable challenges, whether educating students in masked-up, socially distant classrooms or virtually, from computer screens.” The Post publishes a…
Education Dive reports that “state-level educators and national testing experts, speaking during a Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) webinar Monday, agreed schools should conduct large-scale summative assessments this school year but said how the tests are designed and…
Chalkbeat reports that “the nonprofit testing organization NWEA predicted that students started this school year having lost roughly a third a year in reading and half a year in math.” CREDO, an education research organization, “recently projected that the average student…
Education Week’s “Politics K-12” blog reports President Trump declared Tuesday “that he won’t agree to a new coronavirus relief package before the Nov. 3 election, a potentially big setback for schools and educators who’ve hoped for months for additional aid…
The AP reports California Health Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly told reporters Tuesday that the state has not seen a link between the reopening of K-12 schools for in-person instruction in select counties and increased coronavirus transmission. He said officials have been…
