New CDC School Masking Study: What You Need to Know By Erik Ofgang 12 October 2021 Between mid-July and the end of August, schools in Arizona without mask requirements were much more likely to be the site of a COVID outbreak.
How Emily Oster’s COVID-19 School Data Hub Can Help K-12 By Erik Ofgang 29 September 2021 The COVID-19 School Data Hub has been launched by a team headed by Brown University economics professor Emily Oster to help answer questions about the pandemic’s impact on learning loss
Saliva COVID Tests: What Educators Need to Know By Erik Ofgang 27 September 2021 Saliva COVID tests are inexpensive, fast, and less cumbersome than nasal swabs, say spit test enthusiasts.
What is “Test to Stay” and Can It Limit COVID Quarantines in Schools? By Erik Ofgang 07 September 2021 Results from a CDC study conducted in Utah suggested the Test to Stay strategy could keep more students in class, but concerns remain about rapid test accuracy.
How Dangerous is Delta for K-12 Students? By Erik Ofgang 30 August 2021 More than 180,000 children have caught COVID over the past month, but the risk of severe disease appears to still be rare.
COVID Quarantines: 4 Strategies to Keep Kids in Class as Delta Surges By Erik Ofgang 18 August 2021 Increased testing, vaccines, and loosened quarantine restrictions among strategies districts are employing to keep students in-person at school.
What the Return of Flu and Other Viruses Might Mean for Schools By Erik Ofgang 02 August 2021 The Delta variant of the coronavirus is not the only respiratory pathogen that might spread through schools this year.
CDC Reverses Course: Masks Now Required for Vaccinated Educators and Students in Schools By Erik Ofgang 27 July 2021 Delta variant is more contagious and those vaccinated appear able to spread it in rare breakthrough cases, says the CDC. Masking is seen as a necessary strategy to keep open schools.
Pediatrician Group Calls for Universal School Masking: What You Need to Know By Erik Ofgang 26 July 2021 The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released new COVID-19 guidance that breaks with the CDC by urging universal masking regardless of vaccination status.
The Delta Variant: Should Educators & Parents Be Worried? By Erik Ofgang 19 July 2021 The highly contagious coronavirus strain is fueling case upticks across the globe. What does that mean for this coming school year?
CDC Schools Guidance Update: 4 Takeaways By Erik Ofgang 14 July 2021 Masks for the unvaccinated remain, as does 3-foot distancing, but surface spread has been deemphasized
Masks Soon Won’t Be Needed in Schools By Erik Ofgang 25 May 2021 Educators likely can leave their masks home in a matter of weeks, says Dr. Joseph G. Allen, of the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University
Osterholm: B117 COVID Variant “A Game Changer” for Schools By Erik Ofgang 12 April 2021 As the B117 COVID variant spreads schools are likely at greater risk
How To Talk About COVID Grief in The Classroom By Erik Ofgang 07 April 2021 COVID grief, loss, and trauma from the past year may not be easy to talk about but it’s something that should be properly addressed in the classroom
Vaccine Passports in Higher Ed: 5 Things to Know By Erik Ofgang 01 April 2021 Rutgers University recently became one of the first universities to require vaccine passports for its 71,000-plus students
The CDC’s $10 Billion School COVID Testing Plan: What to Know By Erik Ofgang 29 March 2021 School COVID testing can help keep the nation’s schools open to in-person learning but there are still questions about the availability of tests and regulations around administering them.
