(from the Washington Post and New York Times) Last week Georgia's largest school district reopened on a Wednesday and the following day hundreds of students and employees were required to quarantine due to exposure to so

(from the New York Times) Why is the data about children's' risk of infection, transmission and sickness in schools so hard to discern? One reason is that in March, at the outset of the pandemic, most stricken countries

(From The 74 Million) Preschool participation has fallen by half during the pandemic, according new data from the National Institute for Early Education Research. Based on a survey of almost 1,000 families, researchers f

(From The Washington Post) Hundreds of independent school teachers from across the country have circulated online and anonymously signed a statement calling on schools to reopen virtually. Independent school teachers and

(from EdSurge) Some colleges are planning to tap into student data, such as when students connect to WiFi on their smart phone or other device or swipe into buildings, as a strategy to trace COVID-19 cases on campus. At

(from ASHRAE) The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has released guidelines for schools to help designers retrofit and plan for the improvement of indoor air quality and t

(from the New York Times) A large new study from South Korea has found that children younger than 10 transmit to others much less often than adults do, but the risk is not zero. And those between the ages of 10 and 19 ca

(From The New York Times) In towns across the country, independent schools are planning to reopen for full-time instruction, while neighboring public schools say they won’t reopen this fall. The biggest challenge for sch

(From NBOA) A new resource from NBOA helps you identify and update policies in your employee handbook in light of COVID-19. It provides sample language for the policies, though these samples are not intended to be comple

(from the New York Times) The Trump administration has walked back a policy that would have stripped international college students of their U.S. visas if their coursework was entirely online, ending a proposed plan that

(from American School & University) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will not revise its guidelines for reopening schools despite calls from the White House to do so, agency Director Robert Redfie

(from U.S. News & World Report) "We hope that most schools are going to be open. We are very much going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools to get them open," said President Trump yest

(From NBOA)  A recent informal survey conducted through NBOA Connect found that the vast majority (97%) of NBOA member schools will require faculty and staff to wear masks. About half of responding schools (48%) are requ

(from Hogan Lovells) On Friday, June 26, the Department of Labor issued clarification guidance regarding the availability of Family First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) leave.  Specifically, the DOL stated that FFCRA l

(From Journal of Accountancy) President Donald Trump signed signed into law a bill extending the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for another five weeks until August 8. The extension keeps a source of funding open to st

(from Institute for Justice) In a landmark 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a state court may not strike down a school choice program simply because it permits families to choose religious schoolin

(From NBOA) As independent schools plan for their employees to safely return to campuses, supervisors and human resources staff are fielding questions about the safety and logistics of returning during the pandemic, whil

(from the American Academy of Pediatricians) The American Academy of Pediatricians has updated interim guidance to reflect the growing understanding of the virus’ impact on children and adolescents. It strongly advocates

(From NPR) On June 25, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos issued a new rule that will require public schools to share more coronavirus relief funds with private schools than federal law currently mandates. The new r

(from WITF) Throughout the pandemic, many child care centers have stayed open for the children of frontline workers — everyone from doctors to grocery store clerks. YMCA of the USA and New York City’s Department of Educa