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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 and maintain K-12 schools—an area outside the traditional scope of federal infrastructure or e...

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 Teachers and Covid-19: How the Pandemic is Impacting the Teacher Workforce.” It will be particularly diff...

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. But not Panama-Buena Vista Union, a K-8 district of about 18,000 students in Bakersfield, Calif., in...

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 aren’t participating at all. When students don’t show up for school, of course, their learning su...

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 and language provider saying, ‘Hey, they haven’t seen you, I haven’t seen you. What’s going...