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Virus highlighted long-standing health risks in schools Democrats, Biden seeking unprecedented infrastructure funds May 4, 2021 5:01 AM By Andrew Kreighbaum The coronavirus pandemic has put a spotlight on persistent health threats to schoolchildren and teachers posed by crumbling U.S. campuses with leaking pipes or mold-prone ventilation. Now, as more schools reopen for in-person teaching, the Biden administration is using that focus to seek billions of dollars in spending to repair...

The ongoing teacher shortage, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, means more under-prepared teachers will be in California classrooms when school campuses fully reopen, according to a study released today by the Learning Policy Institute. A decrease in the number of teacher candidates earning credentials, as well as the possibility of increased retirements and resignations, will make it difficult for schools to hire all the teachers they need, according to the report — “California Teacher...

How This District Leader Transformed Teacher PD Subscribe 8 min read Jason Hodgson, director of professional development at the Panama-Buena Vista Unified School District in Bakersfield, Calif.Nick Agro for Education Week Jason Hodgson Expertise: Year: Copy URL When the coronavirus pandemic forced schools across the country to close last spring, many district leaders were gripped with anxiety because their teachers weren’t ready to pivot to remote learning. ...

Perhaps the most significant cost — and the hardest to estimate — will be making up for lost learning time. Schoolchildren have lost many months of in-person learning time that — if not made up — could deliver a lasting blow to their long-term earning potential and America’s economic competitiveness, and it could exacerbate longstanding disparities in educational outcomes between white students and students of color. Distance learning hasn’t worked well for many children, and some a...

Is The Pandemic A Chance To Reimagine Special Education? by Cayla Bamberger, The Hechinger Report | February 4, 2021 Single mom Nicole Vaughn has spent the better part of her adult life advocating for her five adopted children with disabilities. But when schools shuttered for the coronavirus last spring, Vaughn gained a slew of new responsibilities, like helping her kids access virtual classrooms and coordinating the special education services they receive. “I had to send emails to the speech...

School districts told to apply for $443 million for COVID aid A worker rolls a cart stacked with boxes of pre-packaged frozen meals for the Hartford Public Schools Food & Child Nutrition Program at the Burr School distribution site in May. About 7,000 bags holding several meals each are distributed at 17 schools throughout the city on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to fill the void left by school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools district officials throughout Connecticut were info...

Bill gates at a recent gates foundation meeting describing a meeting with president trump in video obtained exclusively by us at "all in." we reached out to the foundation of course for comment but have not yet received a response. joining me now to talk about, it democratic strategist tara nidell and msnbc contributor josh barrow, senior editor at business insider. you wonder what those meetings are like. because obviously all these people have to go into the room with him and i think a lot of ...

Business insider. you wonder what those meetings are like. because obviously all these people have to go into the room with him and i think a lot of these people dont respect him, dont think very highly of him and have to pretend to. what do you make of it? >> he said gates knows youre wrong. were looking at a president that doesnt know the difference between hiv and hpv but he has memorized bill gates daughters appearance. so if he spent more time actually learning policy, if he devoted just a ...

I want to talk about one of the guys who got this in race who seems like they shouldnt have gotten in, and then some of the guys who should have gotten in, but didnt. it looks like the wrong field to me. the bench looks better than the field. evan why did perry run? he looked so ill-prepared. >> i think he got talked into it by consultant, partly, who told him it was going to be easier than it was. >> let me go to mike. why did christie stay out? >> he was the smart one in here. he looked at wha...

I want to talk about one of the guys who got this in race who seems like they shouldnt have gotten in, and then some of the guys who should have gotten in, but didnt. it looks like the wrong field to me. the bench looks better than the field. evan why did perry run? he looked so ill-prepared. >> i think he got talked into it by consultant, partly, who told him it was going to be easier than it was. >> let me go to mike. why did christie stay out? >> he was the smart one in here. he looked at wha...