Students who test positive for COVID must be fever-free without medication for at least 24 hours before returning to school. When they come back, they must mask for five days. Wentzel said the district is now considering dropping the masking requirement because...
The Republican-dominated Legislature added the provision that effectively stopped most school mask mandates despite guidance from their own state health and education officials, who have said the statewide mask ban in schools took away one of their best tools to stop the spread of ...
We understand that schools have recently been informed by the Governor’s Office that they should not expect any forthcoming guidance or mandates on these topics to assist them in their planning for the coming school year. Thus, each school is left to reopen and operate safely as it believes ...
Many, however, expressed deep frustration with the lack of notice that preceded new Government guidance, which they often heard about first through televised coronavirus briefings or other public announcements. “Society at large is being given information at the same time as schools,” one head tol...
There is a lack of guidance to the teachers, lack of control from the education office, and poor communications between the schools with the local education office. The current approach is only focusing and highlighting best practices and what have been achieved. However, there is little ...
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These strategies deployed varied mechanisms to support teachers, primarily by providing them access to resources, peer networks within the school and across schools, and timely guidance from leadership. A variety of resources were used to support teacher professional development, mostly relying on online...
We hope these findings can be used to provide guidance to universities in developing more targeted pandemic prevention policies, while providing student services that focus on reducing harms associated with school closures. During the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning grew rapidly [10,11]. However,...
There have been multiple reports of spikes in domestic, family, and sexual violence following the institution of home isolation and closure of schools and work facilities as COVID-19 containment, and SSA is no exception.73,74 Kenya reported a 34% rise in domestic violence, while in South Afri...
Harkins asked the committee to look into ways to provide guidance on making the insurance process more streamlined for Long COVID patients, such as billing codes. Evaluations and diagnosis are more complicated than a simple blood test, so Harkin also urged insurance companies to cover access to ...