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This update on the 鈥楥OVID slide鈥� collects and shares news updates from the district, state and national levels as all stakeholders continue to work on developing safe, innovative plans to resume schooling and address learning loss. It鈥檚 an offshoot of the Collaborative for Student Success鈥檚 COVID Slide Quick Sheet newsletter, which you can !

As education officials and policymakers nationwide look ahead to the upcoming 2020-21 school year, the only thing certain is the uncertainty of how to get students back to school safely and what measures school districts can take 鈥� now and in the future 鈥� to meet the varying needs of a student body that has been deeply affected and uprooted by the classroom closures caused by the pandemic.

In an in-depth聽, authors Alison Overseth and Jen Siaca Curry look to the example being set in the nation鈥檚 largest school district in New York City and how the city鈥檚 youth services providers are working to prepare for the long road that lies ahead.

While the New York City Department of Education鈥檚 next move may be unknown, youth services organizations are not waiting for clarity as they work to realign approaches and structures to provide support and development opportunities for students. The authors outline five key ways youth services organizations can do this, including increasing social-emotional learning to meet the emotional needs of students, helping students 鈥渞ecover from learning loss鈥� by better understanding the role of assessments in measuring student progress, training staff to deliver virtual programs and online activities, planning ahead to meet a variety of potential schedules, and considering your staffing needs and competencies 鈥� as well as how those might have changed given the need for an enhanced virtual presence.

The work being done in youth services to meet the needs of students outside of the classroom underscores what many parents and educators learned the hard way this spring:聽. According to The Wall Street Journal, the problems with remote learning 鈥渂egan piling up almost immediately,鈥� as many students lacked computers or internet access, teachers struggled with remote instruction, and oftentimes parents were simply unable to help due to conflicting work schedules. With 鈥渁bout 9.7 million students鈥� lacking access to the internet, according to EducationSuperHighway, many educators are concerned that online summer school programs will be just as ineffective in reaching at-risk students and preventing a COVID slide as remote learning was in the fall.

Regardless of the efficacy of youth services 鈥� or the practicality of online summer courses for those who lack internet access 鈥� 聽to recover learning loss due to the combination of school closures and the summer. While opinions vary, researchers at NWEA 鈥渆stimated that students would end this school year with only about聽 of the learning gains they鈥檇 see in a typical year.鈥� For students, teachers and parents alike, there鈥檚 a long road ahead before the full impact of the COVID-19 school closures can be fully understood.

Here are 13 updates from across the country about how school systems are working to preserve student learning amid the coronavirus pandemic:

1. CALIFORNIA 鈥� State Offers School Opening Guidelines, but Some Parents Want Fewer Restrictions:

The California Department of Education has released a 62-page set of guidelines , including recommendations for face coverings, daily temperature checks for students and staff, and reconfigured classrooms that maintain social distancing, 鈥減ossibly by moving classes to cafeterias, auditoriums, gyms and outdoors.鈥� The guidebook also 鈥渙ffers four different models of instructions鈥� but leaves it to individual school districts to create their own reopening rules.

2. OKLAHOMA 鈥� Saturday Classes for State鈥檚 Schools in Anticipation of Second Wave:

The Oklahoma State Department of Education has ,鈥� in case there is a second surge of coronavirus cases. State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister has indicated that schools should prepare 鈥渕ultiple calendars for the fall鈥� should another outbreak occur.

3. ALABAMA 鈥� State Superintendent Mackey Says State Seeking Virtual K-12 Option for Fall:

The Alabama State Department of Education issued a request for proposals for vendors to help facilitate a 鈥溾�� in the fall. The option would be available for parents who are not ready to send their kids back to the classroom, and it would also help prepare students and educators in case of 鈥減eriodic, episodic closures in the fall or spring of next year.鈥�

4. VIRGINIA 鈥� Gov. Northam Outlines What School Will Look Like in Fall:

Gov. Ralph Northam unveiled 鈥渟trict new social distancing guidelines aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus,鈥� , such as cafeterias. According to the new guidelines, 鈥渨idespread in-school instruction鈥� will only be allowed in Phase 3 of the state鈥檚 reopening. The guideline also leave it up to individual districts to 鈥渃ome up with specifics for how they will reopen,鈥� potentially including staggered scheduling, a mix of remote and in-person learning, and readjustment of school day hours.

5. WASHINGTON 鈥� State Says Schools Will Reopen, Resume Face-to-Face Schedule This Fall:

The goal for Washington school districts is to 鈥� at the beginning of the 2020-21 school year,鈥� provided public-health guidelines permit districts to do so. The state released a 55-page document outline of what in-person instruction could look like in the fall, representing the collaborative work of 鈥渕ore than 120 educators, parents, students and community organizations.鈥� However, the move is raising concerns among the Washington Education Association teachers union as well as education advocacy groups.

6. FLORIDA 鈥� State Teachers Union Submits Plan to Reopen Schools for Fall:

The Florida Education Association 鈥� the largest K-12 teachers union in the state 鈥� 鈥� in the fall. Their recommendations include 鈥渟uspending standardized tests and some performance evaluations for teachers, staggering school schedules, temporarily eliminating active-shooting drills and imposing social distancing rules鈥� as well as imposing sanitizing measures and reconfiguring classroom hours and the duration of the school year.

7. ARIZONA 鈥� State Department of Education Releases Road Map to Reopen:

The Arizona Department of Education recently . Outlining four potential scenarios, the guidelines include 鈥渉ealth recommendations designed to assist administrators in making reopening decisions鈥� as well as on 鈥減hysical distancing of desks and modified classroom layouts, staggered scheduling,鈥� mask use and more.

8. INDIANA 鈥� State Says Schools Will Have Flexibility When Reopening:

Indiana State Superintendent Jennifer McCormick during the coronavirus pandemic鈥� at the start of the 2020-21 school year after the state Department of Education released its school re-entry guidelines. The state鈥檚 re-entry plan is 鈥渂road and non-mandatory,鈥� leaving it to districts to determine what steps students and faculty will need to follow 鈥� from 鈥渉ealth screenings鈥� to adhering to 鈥渟ocial distancing best practices.鈥�

9. MARYLAND 鈥� Education Moves Forward as Part of State鈥檚 Overall Stage 2 Recovery:

As Maryland moves into its Stage 2 recovery phase, , in-building summer school, the opening of nonpublic special education schools, athletic programs, requirements for any fall openings, as well as special focus on students most impacted by the pandemic.鈥� As school systems begin to return staff and students to schools, they must follow several requirements outlined in the state鈥檚 education recovery plan.

10. MAINE 鈥� DOE Releases Draft Framework for Returning to School in Fall:

The Maine Department of Education . The Maine DOE will make decisions 鈥渞egarding when it is advisable for schools to return to classroom-based instruction鈥� in partnership with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention along with the Maine Emergency Management Association. Local schools and districts will determine the specific models, schedules and configurations for returning to the classroom setting.

11. MISSOURI 鈥� Columbia Public Schools to Offer Families a Choice of Online or In-Person Education for Fall:

The Columbia Board of Education plans to . Although the plan may change, it will provide flexibility for high-risk individuals as well as students who depend on school meal programs. The board also revised the school year calendar, moving the last day of classes to June 7 instead of June 3. More information on the plan 鈥� including the options available to students 鈥� is expected this week.

12. SOUTH CAROLINA 鈥� School Details Discussed as COVID-19 Cases Climb:

While it鈥檚 looking more likely that many public school students in South Carolina will return to their classrooms next year, . From distance learning to splitting students up into groups to reduced school hours and online options, educators, parents and administrators are still hammering out the details.

13. KENTUCKY 鈥� Education Officials Sort Through Reopening Issues:

Kentucky education officials and policymakers discussed a wide range of issues facing public schools due to the coronavirus pandemic, . Meanwhile, the Kentucky Department of Education is working to address its own reopening concerns and will be 鈥渁sking school districts to do things they鈥檝e never done before,鈥� including purchasing PPE.

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