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New research on school superintendent turnover rates reveals that divisive political issues are contributing to the problem of instability among school leadership across the US.

As things stand, the second term, which is scheduled to end on September 16, has only eight weeks instead of the usual 14.

We investigated the initiatives schools around the world took to help support and maintain the well-being of their students and staff. We pulled out seven things that made a difference.

>> thank you. christine romans joins me now. kids have parents, romans and thats what this is about. >> reporter: an important development for parents to get back to normal. we need two things for a post-covid economy. covid vaccines for kids. one thing holding back jobs recovery is parents who arent going back to work because they are caring for their kids in a pandemic. schools are mostly open this fall thankfully in person. many parents are still concerned about outbreaks among unvaccinated...

Recent study from the cdc that showed when a teacher was actually infected and not wearing a mask, that that teacher, in fact, infected half of the class. so we see across the country when masks are being worn, the incidents of spread of covid-19, masks do work. there are differences in masks quality of masks, the better the fit. the more effective its going it be for your child. >> i want to put an exclamation point on that if i could. what we are seeing across the country in realtime in places...

Evidence we are looking at? when the decision was taken to cancel - decision was taken to cancel examinations right back at the beginning ofjanuary we put examinations right back at the beginning of january we put together a consultation with a set of proposals for getting grades from students work based on teachers judgments. we consulted and that during january and into early february, got reckoned responses, over 100,000 and the vast majority of those responses supported the approach we take ...