School districts reimagine snow days
The COVID-19 pandemic is taking away another part of the normal school year for some students in Northeast Pennsylvania — snow days. Leaders from Lackawanna County districts, all of which… Read More
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As COVID-19 cases rise, Pa. doesn’t plan statewide school closure but is advising some to go remote
Pennsylvania’s health secretary said Monday that COVID-19 is spreading at a troubling rate, but the state has no plans for a statewide shutdown of schools similar to last spring. However,… Read More
Joe Biden’s election as president tees up massive shifts for K-12 policy
President-elect Joe Biden plans to pursue an ambitious agenda for K-12 education that will depend on cooperation from Congress and his administration’s ability to address the ongoing effects of the… Read More
PA lawmakers must return to Capitol this month to finish state budget in rare post-election session
State lawmakers return to Harrisburg on Tuesday for the start of what has become a rarity in recent years with a post-election session in which substantive legislation is expected to… Read More
From…classroom, cafeteria, nurse’s office & home: What school looks like…in era of COVID-19
About a month into the school year, The Morning Call checked in with students, parents, teachers and staff in several Lehigh Valley schools to find out how this pandemic-impeded school… Read More
Yoga, help lines, virtual social hours: Strategies to support staff through COVID-19
The transition to distance learning amid the pandemic is leaving even veteran teachers experiencing something akin to first-year stress, administrators say. Click here for full article. Source: Education Dive, Nov. 6,… Read More
Tightening budgets, litigation add to pandemic special ed pressures
A survey of school leaders nationwide in May by AASA, The School Superintendents Association found 78% said special education services were the most difficult educational service to implement equitably during the pandemic.Click… Read More
High school SEL requires approach geared to teens’ changes
While social-emotional learning (SEL) lessons are commonly found in elementary school, they are less likely to be in high school curriculum, writes Edutopia, citing a 2019 survey, “Support for Social and Emotional… Read More
Rubric for Recovery: How schools nationwide are educating marginalized students in the pandemic
Many worry the pandemic will widen the opportunity gap in ways that have lasting effects on the state of education. In an effort to recover the learning lost from the… Read More
Ending the Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic and Reducing Youth Tobacco Use: What Principals Need to Know
A NAESP Virtual Learning Opportunity, “Ending the Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic and Reducing Youth Tobacco Use: What Principals Need to Know,” sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, will be held… Read More