This blog summarizes the continuing need for multilayered mitigation strategies to protect students and staff from COVID-19 variants. It also shares best practices and resources from school districts across the United States.
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This 12-page report includes examples of successful school-located vaccination clinics as well as resources for schools to host their own.
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This brief describes test-to-stay strategies implemented in North Carolina, Illinois, and Massachusetts and provides practical guidance on implementing these programs as part of a layered COVID-19 mitigation approach in k-12 schools. Preliminary evidence collected during the Delta wave shows test-to-stay can increase in-person attendance, minimize school-related disruption, increase access to testing, and address concerns regarding safety with in-person instruction.
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This LPI brief describes reopening efforts in Tulsa Public Schools with a focus on innovative partnerships and strategies for social and emotional well-being and expanded learning time.
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This website profiles the reopening process in several California counties and school districts, and it includes a field guide to help districts develop their reopening plans.
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This investigation of eight elementary schools in a single Georgia school district found that there was inadequate physical distancing in all cases of in-school transmission, and inadequate masking in the majority of these cases.
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This study finds that access to guidance and financial resources, community engagement, partnerships with public health, and data management and reporting tools are essential for effective school testing strategies.
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This article includes week-by-week reporting from families in Cobb County, Georgia—the only metro Atlanta area school district without a mask mandate—and reveals much higher cases of COVID-19 among children than surrounding districts with a mask mandate.
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This profile of an Illinois school district explains how the district implemented regular weekly testing during the 2021–22 school year. It emphasizes that $11 billion has been allocated by the federal government to make regular testing accessible.
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This slide deck explains minimum standards of program success for regular testing in schools. It describes successful examples from across the country and includes student and staff perspectives as well as lessons learned.
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This document describes six pillars for safe school reopening and district examples in which educators and school staff contributed to the development of reopening plans.
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This LPI brief describes reopening efforts in Marin County, CA, which offers examples of collaboration and communication among school districts, the county office of education, and the county health office.
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This LPI brief describes New York City's reopening efforts that brought students back through extensive cooperation between the district and the teachers union, multilayered mitigation strategies, and significant investments in testing and tracing.
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This research brief summarizes successful mitigation strategies across five California school districts during fall 2021. Strategies include universal testing, test-to-stay quarantine policies, and school-based vaccination clinics.
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How can schools reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic while prioritizing the health and well-being of their students, staff, and communities? This profile of San Diego County is one of several resources on the Resources for Reopening Schools website detailing how schools and local education agencies have successfully provided in-person instruction. The website is updated regularly to help inform educators and policymakers of the pressing issues in the time of COVID-19.
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This article compares two Georgia districts to showcase how properly enforced masking helps to prevent the virus from spreading to teachers.
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