How Should Schools Quarantine Students Exposed to Coronavirus? An Explainer
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by Sarah D. Sparks
4y ago
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is changing its quarantine guidelines for those who have had close contact with those infected with COVID-19. The move comes as states and districts across the country try to balance preventing outbreaks with helping more students attend in-person classes ..read more
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Children Account for More New COVID-19 Cases as the Pandemic Rolls On
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by Sarah D. Sparks
4y ago
A new study in the journal Pediatrics finds more than a half million children have been diagnosed with COVID-19 so far in the pandemic. They make up a rising share of new cases ..read more
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Pandemic Learning Loss Heavier in Math Than Reading This Fall, but Questions Remain
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by Sarah D. Sparks
4y ago
Results from fall testing confirm that the pandemic has taken a toll on students' academic growth, but we lack a clear picture of the most vulnerable students ..read more
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More Than 1 in 4 Homeless Students Dropped Off Schools' Radar During the Pandemic
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by Sarah D. Sparks
4y ago
More than 423,000 homeless children have fallen off schools' radars amid the pandemic's school closures, shrinking capacity at homeless shelters, and ever-higher family mobility ..read more
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It's Official: National Test Is Postponed Due to COVID-19 Concerns
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by Stephen Sawchuk
4y ago
The postponement of the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests scheduled for 2021 means the nation loses an opportunity for a state-by-state measure of students' pandemic-related learning losses ..read more
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Most Improvement Networks Fall Short, But They Can Help Districts Adapt to New Problems
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by Sarah D. Sparks
4y ago
A study of school improvement networks supported by the Gates Foundation finds they often fall short when it comes to developing solutions from one school that apply elsewhere ..read more
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The COVID-19 Vaccine Isn't Here Yet, But Schools Need to Push Families to Vaccinate Now. Here's How
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by Sarah D. Sparks
4y ago
Educators can lay the groundwork for the vaccine by encouraging immunizations for other childhood diseases, like measles and whooping cough, which are on the cusp of dangerous outbreaks ..read more
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SAT Scores, Test-Takers Tick Down Amid COVID-19 Closures
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by Sarah D. Sparks
4y ago
Just under 2.2 million students took the SAT in 2020, about 22,000 students fewer than last year, and average test scores dropped in both math and language arts ..read more
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Children's Mental Health Emergencies Skyrocketed After COVID-19 Hit. What Schools Can Do
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by Sarah D. Sparks
4y ago
New data from the Centers for Disease Control show the proportion of emergency department visits related to mental health crises has dramatically for young children and adolescents alike since the pandemic started ..read more
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Looking to Reduce Racial Bias in Grading? This Tool May Help
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by Christina Samuels
4y ago
In an experiment, teachers were more likely to judge a black student's writing as being below grade level compared a white peer. The disparities disappeared when teachers were given a grading rubric to follow ..read more
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