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September 22, 2021
Education Week, Vol. 41, Issue 6
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From Our Research Center
Why School Districts Are Unprepared for COVID-19 Disruptions, Again
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September 14, 2021
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Can They Do That? Questions Swirl Around COVID-19 School Vaccine Mandates
Mark Walsh
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September 10, 2021
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Student Achievement
What the Research Says
Here's One Way to Improve Students' Reading Scores: Get Them Eyeglasses
Sarah D. Sparks
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September 14, 2021
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Principal Andrea Harper hugs a student as she and Superintendent Kent P. Scribner greet students on the first day of school at T.A. Sims Elementary School in Fort Worth, Texas. The Fort Worth district's mandate for universal masking to combat COVID-19 is the subject of a legal battle with the state.
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School & District Management
Principals Bear the Brunt of Parental Anger, Staff Fatigue as COVID Drags On
Andrew Ujifusa
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September 10, 2021
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Families & the Community
COVID Protocols Keep Changing. Here's How Schools Can Keep Parents in the Know
Ileana Najarro
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September 10, 2021
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U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter speak to Mia Arias, 10, during a visit to P.S. 5 Port Morris, a Bronx elementary school, last month.
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Pandemic Tests Limits of Cardona's Collaborative Approach as Education Secretary
Evie Blad
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September 14, 2021
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Julia Longoria has joined a federal lawsuit by Disability Rights Texas against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over his ban on mask mandates in public schools. Longoria argues that the executive order prevents her child, Juliana, 8, who is medically at risk, from being able to attend school safely.
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Families & the Community
'I Need You to Wear a Mask to Protect My Child.' A Mom Fights for Vulnerable Students
Evie Blad
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September 16, 2021
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Dezirae Espinoza wears a face mask while holding a tube of cleaning wipes as she waits to enter Garden Place Elementary School in Denver for the first day of in-class learning since the start of the pandemic.
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Education Funding
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Everything You Need to Know About Schools and COVID Relief Funds
Mark Lieberman
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Andrew Ujifusa
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September 10, 2021
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Angie Ninde leads her class through a math lesson outside at Centreville Elementary School in Virginia Sept. 7. The risk of COVID-19 transmission is lower outdoors, so some schools are trying to take classes into the fresh air as much as possible.
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If Outdoor Learning Is Safer During COVID, Why Aren't More Schools Doing It?
Madeline Will
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September 14, 2021
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Matthew Hawn is accused of insubordination and repeated unprofessional conduct for lessons and materials he used to teach about racism and white privilege in his Contemporary Issues class at Sullivan Central High School in Blountville, Tenn.<br/>
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Curriculum
He Taught About White Privilege and Got Fired. Now He's Fighting to Get His Job Back
Eesha Pendharkar
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September 13, 2021
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A 6th Grade Class on Racism Got Me Ready for the Rest of My Life
Cristian Gaines
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September 21, 2021
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How to Preserve the Good Parts of Pandemic Schooling
Laura Clary
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School Mask Mandates: Pandemic, ‘Panicdemic,’ or Personal?
September 21, 2021
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The Classroom-Management Field Can’t Stop Chasing the Wrong Goal
Alfie Kohn
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September 17, 2021
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