We Have the Resources.
June 11, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. “The money exists to ensure that all students are served,” says Tricia McManus, the brand-new deputy superintendent of Winston-Salem Public Schools in North Carolina. The question, she adds, is whether…
John B. King Jr. Testifies Before U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Going Back to School Safely During COVID-19
June 10, 2020 by John B. King Jr., J.D., Ed.D. United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions COVID-19: Going Back to School Safely June 10, 2020 OPENING STATEMENT JOHN B. KING JR. PRESIDENT AND CEO OF…
This Is so Much of a Harder Task to Perform.
June 08, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. Providing distance learning is much harder than providing an education in person, says Mary Haynes-Smith, principal of Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School in New Orleans. Bethune is a school that…
We’ve Borrowed the Phrase, ‘Provide Grace’.
June 02, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. “The biggest bonus” of the remote learning that Godwyn Heights School District in Michigan has been doing is the strengthened ties between school and families, says Mary Lang, principal of…
Joint Letter to USDA Calls for Extending Food and Nutrition Services Flexibility Through September 30, 2020
June 02, 2020 by EdTrust The Honorable Pamilyn Miller Administrator, Food and Nutrition Services U.S. Department of Agriculture 1320 Braddock Place Alexandria, VA 22314 Full Letter Dear Administrator Miller: We appreciate the U.S. Department…
Poll: TX Parents Very Concerned About Children Falling Behind During School Closures
June 01, 2020 by EdTrust Statewide Poll of Texas Parents Show Significant Gaps in Access to Resources and Elevated Stress Levels for Families WASHINGTON (June 1, 2020) – As state and district leaders in Texas…
We Have the Opportunity & I Hope We Don’t Waste It.
May 28, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. Jennifer Robbins, principal of Ladd Acres Elementary School in Hillsboro, Oregon, has been collecting and studying data about which of her school’s students are showing up to distance learning classes…
Pandemic Has More Than 3 in 4 College Students Worried About Staying On Track To Graduate
May 28, 2020 by EdTrust Students report wide gaps between needs and available services, with nearly 1 in 3 skipping or reducing size of meals The coronavirus crisis is taking a heavy toll academically, emotionally,…
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