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February 2, 2022

Education Week, Vol. 41, Issue 20
Illustration of a woman with 6 mask options all around her and several question marks and coronavirus pathogens floating around her.
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Budget & Finance Schools Are Scrambling to Find Effective and Affordable Masks
Mark Lieberman, January 21, 2022
9 min read
Education Briefly Stated: February 2, 2022
February 1, 2022
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Cyber bullying concept. Paper cut Woman head silhouette with bullying messages like disgusting, OMG!!, loser, hate, ugly, and stupid.
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Zackery Kimball, a substitute teacher at Bailey Middle School, works with two classes of students at the school's theater hall on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, in Las Vegas. Many schools have vacant teaching and/or support staff jobs and no available substitutes to cover day-to-day absences.
Zackery Kimball, a substitute teacher at Bailey Middle School in Las Vegas, works with two classes of students at the school's theater hall on a Friday in December 2021.
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Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona talks to students at White Plains High School in White Plains, N.Y. on April 22, 2021.
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona talks to students at White Plains High School in White Plains, N.Y., last April.
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Flags are displayed as the Newberg, Ore. teachers gather with community members ahead of the Newberg School Board vote on whether to ban Black Lives Matter and Pride flags at the school in September, 2021.
Flags are displayed as the Newberg Education Association gathers with community members ahead of the Newberg School Board vote on whether to ban Black Lives Matter and Pride flags at the school, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, in Newberg, Ore.
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Macy Schulman, left, and Mason Yeoh, both students at Fairfield Warde High School, carry pro-remote learning signs during a rally of parents and students fighting to have an online option for school this year, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, in Fairfield, Conn.
Macy Schulman, left, and Mason Yeoh, both students at Fairfield Warde High School in Connecticut, carry pro-remote learning signs during a rally in August of parents and students fighting to have an online option for school this academic year.
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States Pivoting to Remote Learning: Why It Is Harder in Some States Than Others
Alyson Klein, January 13, 2022
8 min read
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School & District Management Explainer Teachers' COVID Sick Leave, Explained
Mark Lieberman, January 11, 2022
7 min read
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Social Studies Opinion Black History Should Start in Africa
Jania Hoover , February 1, 2022
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Social Studies Opinion My School Didn’t Teach Us Black History, So I Started Doing It Myself
Janiah Hinds, February 1, 2022
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Social Studies Opinion Where Do White People Belong in Black History?
Ryan M. Crowley, William L. Smith & Carly Muetterties, February 1, 2022
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Social Studies Opinion How Teaching Local Black History Can Empower Students
Chuck Yarborough, February 1, 2022
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Social Studies Opinion Black History Can Do More Than Counter White Racism
Anthony L. Brown, February 1, 2022
5 min read