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.
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.
Meals, classrooms, masks, buses, temp checks, handwashing — interactive maps show what each state wants its schools to do when they reopen in the fall
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.
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
Will social distancing measures help to make schools safe to reopen in the fall?
The 'longer summer' brought on by Covid-19 is likely to exacerbate the disparities between students, according to a new study.
Why a child’s freedom to travel and play without adult supervision matters. During the pandemic, children’s independent mobility may be more essential than ever before.
Reopening schools will require creativity and attention to safe health practices--here's how some schools are getting started
The expenses for new health protocols loom large for under-resourced school districts. By one estimate, it will cost the average school district about $1.8 million to enable social distancing.