Tag: reopen schools

February 17, 2021

Shortly before Christmas, as Oregon schools faced their 10th month under some of the nation’s sternest coronavirus restrictions, Gov. Kate Brown began a major push to reopen classrooms. She relaxed certain standards for restarting in-person teaching. She offered to help […]

January 25, 2021

In his first 48 hours in office, President Biden sought to project an optimistic message about returning the nation’s many homebound students to classrooms. “We can teach our children in safe schools,” he vowed in his inaugural address. The following […]

August 14, 2020

Districts across the nation are rolling out school reopening plans with provisions to keep students safe. But the school leaders charged with implementing those plans have little confidence those provisions will work. According to a National Association of Secondary School […]

July 9, 2020

The heavy pressure from the Trump administration for schools to fully reopen nationwide notably runs counter to the traditional Republican stance favoring local control of school decisions, as well as guidance from Dr. Anthony Fauci, who directs the National Institute […]

June 5, 2020

As the nation’s parents and educators ponder sending children back to school in the face of an ongoing pandemic, a labor-management partnership that includes the AFT is putting forward a framework school districts can use in planning how to welcome […]

May 4, 2020

A newly formed state Department of Education committee has been tasked with helping develop a plan and guidelines for Nevada’s school districts and charter schools to reopen for the 2020-2021 academic year. State Superintendent Jhone Ebert said the committee includes […]