The U.S. Department of Education released new resources for schools, parents, and communities that highlight best practices about how to keep students safe and reopen classrooms that were shuttered to contain the… Read More
Pennsylvania School Districts had to submit a safety plan to the Department of Education on July 29. The problem, the CDC changed its guidance recommending masks in schools on that Tuesday, leaving… Read More
This summer, school districts across the country are deciding how to spend the largest-ever one-time federal investment in public education. This follows a school year that brought a host of… Read More
There are many thousands of school districts in the U.S., each one governed by a unique mix of local and state rules, so different students will have vastly different experiences…. Read More
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has a message for schools across the country ahead of the new school year: Students need to be in classrooms. On Monday, the U.S. Education… Read More
State officials won’t be mandating masks across the commonwealth in response to new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but the Pennsylvania Health Department endorsed the… Read More
Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is not considering reinstating a statewide mandate for mask wearing in K-12 schools despite Tuesday’s updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommending everyone in… Read More
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday reversed its mask guidance to specifically target areas of the country with the highest levels of the coronavirus and recommended that… Read More
Improvements to school ventilation systems and doubling down on disinfection and social distancing measures are not going to be enough. As schools across Pennsylvania and the country gear up for… Read More
Spending an extra year in school — and a second year in the same grade — to pick up the lessons missed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic apparently… Read More