Author: KALYN BELSHA Chalkbeat Colorado
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Remote learning not ‘primary’ driver of academic losses, study shows
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
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
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
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…