What Back to School Might Look Like in the Age of Covid-19
An illustrated guide to how schools will try to control the coronavirus when students return to their classrooms, this fall or in the future.
How risky are school activities? This chart has answers.
How risky are school activities? This chart has answers. Experts recommended holding classes outdoors, capping class size and moving teachers
Kids need to wear masks when they go to school in person, and parents can help them get the hang of that
Kids need to wear masks when they go to school in person, and parents can help them get the hang of that now by creating a routine for their children
Addressing The Unfolding American Education Debacle
As America’s failed response to the coronavirus metastasizes into interlocking public health, unemployment, public finance and macroeconomic crises, the dilemmas facing the education sector are particularly agonizing.
11 COVID safety measures that are a must for districts
In a National PTA webinar, infectious disease physicians answered questions from parents and teachers on COVID-19’s impact on children and youth and what current information indicates about how to mitigate risks for transmission in schools.
School-based vision screening programs found 1 in 10 kids had vision problems
School-based vision screening programs found 1 in 10 kids had vision problems
Interactive: Roadmaps to Reopening — States’ Guidance to Schools on Meals, Masks, Handwashing and More
Meals, classrooms, masks, buses, temp checks, handwashing — interactive maps show what each state wants its schools to do when they reopen in the fall
Kids’ school schedules have never matched parents’ work obligations and the pandemic is making things worse
For US parents, the health, economic and social crisis the COVID-19 pandemic brought about is compounded by the difficult if not impossible task of working, caring for and educating kids.
Analysis: Temperature Checks, School Schedules, Masks — What Do States Want Districts to Do? We’ve Analyzed the Plans. Here’s What We’ve Found
As the issue of how to reopen school becomes increasingly politicized, states' responses will continue to evolve. But one thing is clear: They are leaving big decisions — on class schedules, masks, temperature checks — to the districts
With social distancing, schools should be safe to reopen this fall, experts say
Will social distancing measures help to make schools safe to reopen in the fall?