(From The New York Times) The start of the school year in New York City will be delayed after city officials reached a deal with union leaders who had argued that it wasn’t safe to reopen buildings on September 10. Under
(From SHRM) On August 8, 2020, President Trump signed an executive order which allows companies to defer Social Security and Medicare taxes from September 1 through the end of the year. The postponed taxes must then be p
(from the New York Times) Legionella could lurk in the water supplies of school buildings. Legionella is the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease, a respiratory condition. It can form in stagnant water and then dis
(From The Washington Post) A new federal study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) looks at how four Maine summer camps were able to limit the spread of COVID-19. Jeffrey Vergales, senior author of
(From Sky News) Children are more likely to catch coronavirus at home than at school, a Public Health England (PHE) study has found. PHE's research detected just 67 single cases and 30 outbreaks, defined as two or more l
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(from FEMA) As you continue to invest in PPE, cleaning supplies, facilities adjustments and more to prepare for the fall, consider this financial relief. Certain private nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply for
(From Forbes) A federal judge in Washington state temporarily blocked Education Secretary Betsy DeVos from enforcing a controversial rule that directs states to give private schools a bigger share of federal coronavirus
(From The Washington Post) The World Health Organization has warned that young people are becoming the primary drivers of the spread of the novel coronavirus in many countries, because their symptoms are often milder and
(From SHRM) Beginning Oct. 2, fees for certain immigration requests will be subject to a weighted average increase of 20% under a new final rule published Aug. 3 by the U.S. Citizenships and Immigration Services. The adj
(From Inside Higher Ed) Two more universities have walked back plans to resume in-person undergraduate instruction, continuing an uncertain rollout for fall reopening efforts across higher education. The University of No
(From WHYY) Some independent schools that plan to start the year off on campus say they worry that state transportation cuts will leave strand students before the school year begins. In Pennsylvania, some districts say t
(From Vox) The Meadows School, a K-12 independent School in Las Vegas, Nevada says it will use an artificial intelligence-powered thermal screening system to keep student safe as they return to campus. The system will sc
(From The Hechinger Report) In one Mississippi district, many more Black families than white are keeping their children home. About 52% of the students who will stay at home for at least the first two months of the schoo
(From The Washington Post) More than 97,000 U.S. children tested positive for the coronavirus in the last two weeks of July, marking a 40% increase in child cases, according to data from the American Academy of Pediatric
(From Inside Higher Ed) As economic activity slowly rebounds from the pandemic, the need to manage discretionary spending will be all the more paramount for independent schools. A new guide from Inside Higher Ed on “Find
(from blumshapiro) Information on PPP loan forgiveness was released by the Small Business Administration on August 4, 2020. The Frequently Asked Questions are available on the U.S. Treasury website. The FAQs contain info
(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
