Families delivered innovative solutions to pandemic-fueled education disruptions. Policymakers should support them to do so again
After an optimistic summer, Delta’s rise and an escalating public health situation has crushed many people’s hope for a quiet, even “normal” school year. Families worried about the risks presented by COVID-19 are increasingly stuck between a rock and a hard place: accept the risks that come with in-person instruction—often with inadequate mitigation measures—or face […]
‘Things are changing fast’: More schools requiring masks for all, vaccines for teachers
Bree Dusseault is quoted on school reopening plans in Chalkbeat.
More masks, more vaccines, more online learning, but what about quarantines? The latest on school district fall reopening
More school districts are requiring masks and vaccines, and remote learning plans are more detailed as the threat of the Delta variant looms.
The School Kids Are Not Alright
CRPE’s database of state plans is cited in this New York Times editorial piece.
Mask Mandates Put ‘Local Control’ of Schools to the Test
Paul Hill is quoted in Education Week on the challenges of local control.
Massachusetts’s largest teachers union calls for COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students and staff
CRPE’s data on school reopening plans is cited by Boston.com.
Many States Have Left Schools Hanging About How to Reopen Safely, Analysis Finds
Ashley Jochim is quoted in Education Week on states’ role in helping district prepare for the coming school year.
Inside the vaccination fight that’s dividing teachers unions
CRPE’s data on school district reopening plans is cited in Politico.
Back-To-School A Playground For More Partisan Politics Over COVID
Paul Hill is quoted in US Patch on increasingly policial school board meetings amid the pandemic.
Ask PolitiFact: Why is the COVID-19 vaccine not among required school vaccinations?
Politifact cites CRPE’s data on school district reopening plans.