The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed its social distancing guidelines for schools Friday, saying students can now sit 3 feet apart in classrooms. Click here for full article…. Read More
You are invited to attend an upcoming webinar, “What is the Impact of Youth Sport,” sponsored by Drexel University, on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. ET. Registration is… Read More
The quick and safe reopening of K-12 schools this spring is the U.S. Department of Education’s greatest priority, said Education Secretary Miguel Cardona during a press call Wednesday, the same… Read More
State officials have received federal approval for a plan to send more than $1 billion in federal food assistance to Pennsylvania schoolchildren, though families will not see any funds for… Read More
The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will spend $10 billion to expand testing for schools, to aid in the president’s goal to get schools open once again. The funds… Read More
A new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases suggests that 3 feet may be as safe as 6 feet, so long as everyone is masked. The authors compared infection rates at Massachusetts schools… Read More
Delaware County officials and educators are collaborating on a new Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools initiative that aims to evaluate and improve mental health services for school-age children. Funding for this… Read More
In December, the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) kept employee contribution rates flat based on the slimmest of margins in its investment returns. Those calculations may have been… Read More
In the year since the initial school closure, teachers who had never taught outside of a classroom now use their kitchen tables as desks, taking the idea of bringing work… Read More
The Senate version of the stimulus bill puts $123 billion in an emergency relief fund for K-12 schools that will “remain available through Sept. 30, 2023.” Click here for full article…. Read More