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New Cleveland Mayor Demands Faster Learning Recovery for Students After Pandemic

Reopening Struggle Revived as Thousands of Schools Close and COVID Cases Explode

One City’s Bold Youth Poverty Plan: Have Schools Partner Directly With Companies

Schools Are Open, But Cleveland Kids Keep Cutting Class

Shipwreck Camp Delivers a Treasure Trove of Science

Science Erupts at Lessons Snuck Into Community Park

Schools Are Adopting ‘Mastery’ Approach to Help Kids Recover COVID Learning Loss

Cleveland Schools to Offer Remote Classes in the Fall

Cleveland’s Kinder, Gentler Summer School: Camp, Academics Lure Kids to Class

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Early Look at Relief Funds Shows Districts Give Short Shrift to Learning Loss

Lost Lab Time Makes Trades Teachers Adapt

Alabama: How One District Looked for Ways to Ease Educator Workloads

Indianapolis: Turning to Bus Drivers to Keep Students on Track

Biden: $1.8 Trillion Agenda Offers Prospect of Birth to College Education

Relief Funds Fuel Efforts to Find Homeless Students

Pandemic Causes ‘Huge Setbacks’ in State Pre-K Programs

How 2 Schools in Ohio Have Stayed Open (and Safe) Through the Pandemic

Texas Mom Mobilizes on Masks

U.S. Schools Played Critical Role in 1950s Vaccine Trials

Court Documents Reveal How L.A. Teachers Union Gained Upper Hand in Pandemic Negotiations, Limiting Instruction Time

Photo History: 52 Weeks of COVID & Schools, 52 Iconic Photos

Massachusetts: Inside the Study That Changed CDC’s Distancing Policy

Texas: A Spring Dilemma For Colleges — Time to Cancel Spring Break?

District of Columbia: How 2 Principals Restored Black Parents’ Trust

History: 10 Lessons in Learning Loss From Past Crises

Video Replay: What President Biden & Secretary Cardona Had to Say at March 24’s National Safe School Reopening Summit

Analysis: Learning Loss Update — Districts Quiet on How They Plan to Help Students Recover From a Year of Continued Disruption

The Governor’s Gambit: Trading Vaccines for School Reopenings Mostly Worked for DeWine, But There Are Holdouts

Analysis: 10 Lessons from Past Educational Disruptions, and How They Can Help Students Make Up Lost Learning After COVID-19

A High School in Ohio Is Giving Students a Choice: Keep Up With Remote Learning — Or You Have to Come Back to the Classroom

1919 Data: Key Lessons in Learning Loss From the Spanish Flu

Ohio: Data Show Black Students Have Lost Half-Year of Learning

Texas: Universal Weekly COVID Tests Keep 200 Schools Open

Lifeline: How Bilingual Learning Pods Are Helping English Language Learners Navigate Classes During the Pandemic Without Teachers or Peers

D.C.: More Schools Open But Many Black Parents Keep Kids Home

Analysis: What a Difference a Pandemic Makes — This Year, from School Choice to Teacher Pay to CTE, 48 State of the State Addresses Focus on COVID-19

One Year into Pandemic, Far Fewer Young Students are on Target to Learn How to Read, Tests Show

Cleveland Schools Comply with Governor’s March 1 Opening: Teachers Union Could Resist

Ohio: Alarming New Data Show Black Kids Have Lost Half-Year of Learning

South Carolina: Rural Libraries ‘Activate’ to Boost 3rd Grade Literacy

D.C.: Inside Biden’s $130 Billion Proposal For Schools, Teachers, Safety

‘Simply Unacceptable’: Ohio Gov. DeWine Threatens to Withhold Early Vaccines From School Staffers if Cleveland Schools Fail to Reopen Classrooms By March 1

Cleveland Schools an Ohio Outlier: April Reopening Likely With Parents and Teachers Cautious About Classroom Return

‘Inequalities Grow Before Our Eyes’: Alarming New Data Show Ohio’s Black Students Have Lost a Half-Year of Learning, Are Missing More School, During the Pandemic

Washington State: District Uses ‘Gifted’ Strategy to Boost All Students

Ohio: Can Pre-K Survive Pandemic? Programs Hope For Federal Funds

Special Ed: Feds Probe Lack of School Services For Special Needs Kids

District of Columbia: D.C. Council Disbands Education Committee

Minnesota: Inside the Fight to Reopen Minneapolis Schools

How a Diverse School District Is Using a Strategy Usually Reserved for ‘Gifted’ Students to Help Everyone Overcome COVID Learning Loss

Aldeman: Lessons from Spanish Flu — Babies Born in 1919 Had Worse Educational, Life Outcomes Than Those Born Just Before or After. Could That Happen With COVID-19?

O’Leary & Justice: Denying Early Educators Priority for the COVID-19 Vaccine Devalues Our Children’s Most Important Teachers

Federal Probes into Lack of School Services for Special Needs Students Reflect Nearly a Year of Parental Anguish, Advocates Say

Cleveland Pledges to Reopen Schools March 1: Vaccine Shortages Complicate Return to Classrooms

Afterschool Survey: Participation Drops to Lowest Rate Since 2009

District of Columbia: City Sees Surge of Interest in Adult Education Programs

Testing: Cleveland’s Poorest Kids Avoided ‘COVID Slide’ on Tests

Student’s View: Why I Left a Top NYC Program for Homeschooling

Texas: Keeping Kids Fed During Pandemic Tests Limits of Bureaucracy

Analysis: U-Turn — Survey of 477 Districts Shows Surge in COVID-19 Cases Is Reversing Reopening Progress In America’s Schools

Superintendents Call for ‘Faster Rollout’ of Vaccines; But Object to Delaying School Reopenings Until Children Get Shots

Will Preschools Survive the Pandemic? Ailing Cleveland Pre-K Programs Hope Federal Funds Can Salvage Seven Years of Progress Among High-Poverty Children

Ohio’s Urgent Push to Open Classrooms During the Pandemic: New Policy Drops COVID Quarantine Rule if Students Wear Masks

Analysis: What Does ‘Attendance’ Mean for Remote Learners in a Pandemic? How 106 Districts Are Dealing With Absenteeism, Student Engagement & Grades

Alaska: Student Voice —Why Teachers Should Be Using Pass/Fail Grades

NYC Video: A School Reopens With No COVID Cases

Texas: A Racial Divide in Rushing Back to In-Person Learning

Extracurriculars: How to Preserve Student Engagement Without Activities?

Ohio: Budget Woes Threaten School Funding Overhaul

Poorest Students Avoided COVID Slide on NWEA Tests, Cleveland Data Show

New Data: College Enrollment for Low-Income High School Grads Plunged by 29% During the Pandemic

New Data: Sharp Declines in Community College Enrollment Are Being Driven By Disappearing Male Students

How Schools Are Keeping Families Afloat During the Pandemic: COVID Shut Cleveland’s Classrooms, But Not the Wraparound Services So Essential For Both Parents and Students

Educator’s View: Embracing Remote Learning to Change How We Teach

NYC: Parents Vent Frustration & Fear With Closings

School Reopening ‘Churn’ Distracting District Leaders from Focusing on Improved Remote Education & Student Engagement, Researchers Find

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