/coronavirus Coronavirus en-US 2021 (c) Education Week Fri, 01 Mar 2024 21:46:27 GMT /leadership/cdc-recommends-shorter-isolation-period-for-covid-19/2024/03 Under the new guidance, students won't need to stay home from school for 5 days. Fri, 01 Mar 2024 21:46:27 GMT /leadership/cdc-recommends-shorter-isolation-period-for-covid-19/2024/03 /teaching-learning/opinion-why-is-the-nation-invested-in-tearing-down-public-education/2024/02 Education professor Deborah Loewenberg Ball argues that panic over test scores keeps us from building on the strengths of our children. Fri, 16 Feb 2024 17:00:00 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-why-is-the-nation-invested-in-tearing-down-public-education/2024/02 /teaching-learning/flu-and-covid-19-are-surging-heres-how-educators-feel-about-masking-now/2024/01 Respiratory illnesses are on the rise. Only 3 percent of educators say they regularly wear a mask at school. Mon, 08 Jan 2024 22:16:38 GMT /teaching-learning/flu-and-covid-19-are-surging-heres-how-educators-feel-about-masking-now/2024/01 /leadership/all-public-schools-can-now-get-free-covid-19-tests-heres-how/2023/11 The Education Department is encouraging schools to share the COVID-19 tests with staff, families, and the broader community. Thu, 30 Nov 2023 20:53:43 GMT /leadership/all-public-schools-can-now-get-free-covid-19-tests-heres-how/2023/11 /leadership/a-new-school-year-a-new-covid-19-variant-what-are-schools-to-do/2023/08 School is starting, a new COVID-19 variant is circulating, and cases are rising. Here's advice for schools. Fri, 18 Aug 2023 19:55:38 GMT /leadership/a-new-school-year-a-new-covid-19-variant-what-are-schools-to-do/2023/08 /teaching-learning/the-pandemic-has-faded-from-view-but-many-educators-still-have-long-covid/2023/06 One in 20 K-12 educators believe they suffer from long COVID, new survey results show, affecting their ability to do their jobs. Thu, 29 Jun 2023 21:13:35 GMT /teaching-learning/the-pandemic-has-faded-from-view-but-many-educators-still-have-long-covid/2023/06 /policy-politics/aft-head-weingarten-says-her-union-didnt-conspire-with-cdc-on-school-reopening-guidance/2023/04 Some Republicans allege the union exercised its influence to keep schools closed longer than necessary. Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:35:57 GMT /policy-politics/aft-head-weingarten-says-her-union-didnt-conspire-with-cdc-on-school-reopening-guidance/2023/04 /policy-politics/plans-to-require-student-covid-19-vaccinations-flopped-heres-why/2023/02 Policies mandating COVID-19 vaccines for school attendance have largely failed to materialize three years into the pandemic. Mon, 13 Feb 2023 20:58:30 GMT /policy-politics/plans-to-require-student-covid-19-vaccinations-flopped-heres-why/2023/02 /leadership/with-a-new-covid-variant-rising-some-schools-revert-to-former-safety-measures/2023/01 COVID-19 precautions like testing and masking are back on the table for districts trying to head off a surge in absences. Tue, 10 Jan 2023 22:23:04 GMT /leadership/with-a-new-covid-variant-rising-some-schools-revert-to-former-safety-measures/2023/01 /leadership/whats-in-whats-out-for-student-and-educator-wellness/2023/01 What 2023 will have in store when it comes to taking care of the physical and social and emotional needs of students and educators. Wed, 04 Jan 2023 23:40:32 GMT /leadership/whats-in-whats-out-for-student-and-educator-wellness/2023/01 /teaching-learning/how-to-help-educators-with-long-covid-dos-and-donts/2022/12 A substantial number of educators have COVID symptoms that won't go away. Here's what their peers can do to take care of them. Thu, 22 Dec 2022 05:01:01 GMT /teaching-learning/how-to-help-educators-with-long-covid-dos-and-donts/2022/12 /leadership/as-illnesses-increase-some-districts-turn-back-to-masking/2022/12 It鈥檚 a proactive move intended to keep kids healthy and in school, leaders say. But it's also likely to be controversial. Mon, 19 Dec 2022 22:47:41 GMT /leadership/as-illnesses-increase-some-districts-turn-back-to-masking/2022/12 /teaching-learning/over-1-000-educators-died-from-covid-heres-the-story-of-one/2022/12 Over two and a half years, we documented more than 1,300 deaths of educators who died from COVID. Mon, 19 Dec 2022 20:21:12 GMT /teaching-learning/over-1-000-educators-died-from-covid-heres-the-story-of-one/2022/12 /teaching-learning/educators-with-long-covid-signs-of-healing-but-a-long-way-to-go/2022/12 We checked back on long-COVID sufferers we met earlier this year. They expressed frustration and some optimism. Tue, 13 Dec 2022 21:47:59 GMT /teaching-learning/educators-with-long-covid-signs-of-healing-but-a-long-way-to-go/2022/12 /teaching-learning/i-just-want-to-get-better-a-teacher-with-long-covid-retires-earlier-than-shed-hoped/2022/11 A former Massachusetts teacher shares how long COVID damaged her cognitive abilities and accelerated her retirement. Tue, 22 Nov 2022 20:36:32 GMT /teaching-learning/i-just-want-to-get-better-a-teacher-with-long-covid-retires-earlier-than-shed-hoped/2022/11 /leadership/districts-are-ditching-covid-dashboards-heres-why/2022/10 Some administrators think the data on their COVID dashboards isn't accurate enough as testing and contact tracing wanes. Tue, 11 Oct 2022 20:47:16 GMT /leadership/districts-are-ditching-covid-dashboards-heres-why/2022/10 /leadership/messaging-about-vaccines-and-boosters-3-best-practices-for-school-districts/2022/09 Officials expect the COVID-19 vaccine to become as routine as the annual flu shot. Here's what schools can do to prepare families. Thu, 01 Sep 2022 21:26:42 GMT /leadership/messaging-about-vaccines-and-boosters-3-best-practices-for-school-districts/2022/09 /leadership/student-absences-may-spike-due-to-low-vaccination-rates-weaker-immunity/2022/08 School leaders should brace for waves of respiratory infections this fall. Tue, 30 Aug 2022 20:57:00 GMT /leadership/student-absences-may-spike-due-to-low-vaccination-rates-weaker-immunity/2022/08 /leadership/white-house-outlines-key-covid-prevention-strategies-for-this-school-year/2022/08 Prevention best practices focus on testing, vaccinations, and school building ventilation. Wed, 17 Aug 2022 19:12:13 GMT /leadership/white-house-outlines-key-covid-prevention-strategies-for-this-school-year/2022/08 /teaching-learning/over-it-most-educators-say-they-wont-mask-this-fall/2022/08 But teachers are more likely than administrators to keep masking, EdWeek Research Center survey data show. Fri, 12 Aug 2022 20:54:22 GMT /teaching-learning/over-it-most-educators-say-they-wont-mask-this-fall/2022/08 /leadership/cdcs-latest-covid-guidance-for-schools-ends-test-to-stay-quarantine-recommendations/2022/08 Guidance from the CDC on COVID-19 de-emphasizes some school strategies, like social distancing and screening testing. Thu, 11 Aug 2022 22:02:01 GMT /leadership/cdcs-latest-covid-guidance-for-schools-ends-test-to-stay-quarantine-recommendations/2022/08 /leadership/as-students-head-back-to-school-covid-protocols-wane/2022/08 Many districts have dropped one of the most visible and contentious responses to the virus: mandatory universal masking. Thu, 04 Aug 2022 19:27:08 GMT /leadership/as-students-head-back-to-school-covid-protocols-wane/2022/08 /leadership/survey-shows-extent-of-long-covid-in-schools/2022/07 Lingering symptoms of the virus are among the challenges school communities confront in recovering from the pandemic. Tue, 26 Jul 2022 19:43:02 GMT /leadership/survey-shows-extent-of-long-covid-in-schools/2022/07 /leadership/schools-are-ditching-covid-leave-policies-even-as-the-virus-surges-again/2022/07 Numerous districts in recent months have abandoned policies preventing employees from draining sick time for COVID absences. Tue, 26 Jul 2022 19:32:50 GMT /leadership/schools-are-ditching-covid-leave-policies-even-as-the-virus-surges-again/2022/07 /leadership/principal-who-criticized-his-states-return-to-school-mandate-dies-from-long-covid/2022/07 Jimbo Jackson was remembered as a man "who always had time for children." Tue, 19 Jul 2022 19:04:55 GMT /leadership/principal-who-criticized-his-states-return-to-school-mandate-dies-from-long-covid/2022/07 /leadership/thousands-of-students-will-face-long-covid-schools-need-to-plan-now/2022/06 The issue may not be on educators' radar screens, but should be. Mon, 20 Jun 2022 18:45:54 GMT /leadership/thousands-of-students-will-face-long-covid-schools-need-to-plan-now/2022/06 /leadership/covid-linked-to-dramatic-increase-in-childrens-risk-of-mental-health-problems/2022/06 Kids may show less-severe COVID-19 symptoms than adults, but a new study suggests it may triple their risk of mental illness. Thu, 09 Jun 2022 20:20:53 GMT /leadership/covid-linked-to-dramatic-increase-in-childrens-risk-of-mental-health-problems/2022/06 /leadership/covid-vaccination-rates-for-kids-are-stalling-what-it-means-for-schools/2022/05 What's a school to do when just 1 in 3 elementary students are on track to be fully vaccinated by the end of the school year? Tue, 24 May 2022 20:12:15 GMT /leadership/covid-vaccination-rates-for-kids-are-stalling-what-it-means-for-schools/2022/05 /leadership/some-districts-return-to-mask-mandates-as-covid-cases-spike/2022/05 Mask requirements remain the exception nationally and still sensitive in places that have reimposed them. Mon, 16 May 2022 19:46:05 GMT /leadership/some-districts-return-to-mask-mandates-as-covid-cases-spike/2022/05 /leadership/tuxedos-gowns-and-covid-sniffing-dogs-a-pandemic-prom/2022/05 Some schools are turning to highly trained dogs to detect COVID ahead of big events. Mon, 09 May 2022 17:09:33 GMT /leadership/tuxedos-gowns-and-covid-sniffing-dogs-a-pandemic-prom/2022/05