Mounting evidence from around the country shows that students who spent more time learning remotely during the 2020-2021 school year, many of them Black and Latino, lost about half of an academic year of learning.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: This sub can’t wait to go back to school
Our classrooms need all the help they can get these days. I’m happy to chip in.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Schools and Education
Youth mental health is in crisis. Are schools doing enough?
But many of the pandemic’s longer-lasting impacts, including the harmful effects of isolation and remote learning, affect children’s emotional well-being.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Communities face crisis as fewer kids enroll and schools shrink
The pandemic accelerated enrollment declines in many districts as families switched to homeschooling, charter schools and other options.
Posted inNew England, Schools and Education
Boston avoids state takeover of public school system
Officials stave off an “underperforming” designation for the city’s troubled public school system.
Posted inNation & World, News, Schools and Education
Teachers after Texas attack: ‘None of us are built for this’
Already expected to be guidance counselors, social workers, surrogate parents and more to their students, teachers are sometimes called on to be protectors, too.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Controversial Florida education law exposes hypocrisy on both sides
The state’s Democrats come out in favor of rights for corporations, while Republicans use big government to impose their vision on local schools.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: What do we gain by cutting school meals?
Waivers that allowed districts to innovate in the face of the pandemic are set to end June 30, and it will do nothing but harm students and schools.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Now is not the time to stop masking in school
With hospitals seeing more pediatric COVID patients than ever, masks are the easiest way to keep kids in the classroom and support their mental health.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Schools and Education
School outbreaks and hospitalizations rise again as omicron keeps hold on Maine
The number of students and school staff infected by the virus has increased 75% in two weeks, according to state data.