Author: KALYN BELSHA Chalkbeat Colorado
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Remote learning not ‘primary’ driver of academic losses, study shows
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Exactly how much did remote learning contribute to students’ academic losses during the pandemic? A new analysis released Friday inches us closer to a complicated answer. Using the latest national and state test score data, a team of researchers found that districts that stayed remote during the 2020-21 school year did see bigger declines in…
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CDC changes course on masks in schools as delta variant complicates fall planning
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Reversing course, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that all students and staff should wear masks inside schools, regardless of whether they’re vaccinated – an acknowledgment that slowing vaccination rates and the highly contagious delta variant are complicating plans for a more normal start to the school year. Earlier this month, the CDC…
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$100 million and many open questions: Here’s how Biden is approaching school integration
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For the last few years, the Dallas Independent School District has been trying to make some of its schools more economically diverse – and hearing from other districts curious about doing the same. Its integration program reserves half of a school’s seats for students from low-income families, and the other half for middle- and higher-income students.…
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Coronavirus highlights the many roles school nurses play — and the challenges of going without them
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Laureen Murray’s work day still looks much like what you’d expect for a school nurse: caring for children with chronic conditions like diabetes and asthma, administering medicine, talking to parents. But Murray, who works in a Colorado school district of around 400 students, has seen her duties expand as her district, like others across the…
