Analysis: Districts Are Calling the Shots During COVID Shutdowns. So Why Hold Schools Alone Accountable for Student Learning?

Districts control factors, like access to technology and decisions about school calendars and time, that determine whether students can learn during the pandemic. Meaning most of the country is holding the wrong entity — schools — accountable

A Principal’s View: We Can’t Wait for In-Person School to Return. So My D.C. Charter School Is Ready for a Full Year of Remote Learning

We cannot hold out until in-person school returns, or, worse, rush its return. Remote learning is here for the time being, and we have to chart this new way of doing school. This summer provides a buffer of time, says Washington DC principal

Schools in Los Angeles, San Diego won’t reopen for in-person learning next month

Schools in Los Angeles, San Diego won’t reopen for in-person learning next month. Districts cite "skyrocketing infection rates" in announcing that school campuses can't reopen yet.

Fourth-Graders’ Tips for Learning Online: Go to Bed Early. Plug In Your Laptop. Try to Find a Quiet Place to Get Focused. Don’t Get Frustrated

Fourth-graders' tips for learning online: Go to bed early. Plug in your laptop. Try to find a quiet place to get focused. Don't get frustrated. Be nice to yourself

America is not prepared for schools opening this fall. This will be bad

We’re just weeks from schools opening, and many aren’t ready, says writer. Parents, children, teachers – everyone will be affected

Florida wrestles with impossible question: when can schools reopen safely?

Broward county, the nation’s sixth-largest school district, is trying to work out a reopening plan – but no one is quite sure how, and when, it will happen

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