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Vaccinations Healthy Schools, Thriving Students

WEBThis toolkit provides a range of newly updated resources from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as the Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Public Education Campaign to help increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake in …

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Healthy Schools, Thriving Students

WEBThis California Department of Public Health memo provides up-to-date guidance to California’s schools on mitigating COVID-19 while learning in person. It describes mitigation strategies, as well as considerations for student mental and behavioral health, students with disabilities and other health needs, higher-risk activities, large events

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Social & Emotional Health Healthy Schools, Thriving Students

WEBData released in March 2022 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention illustrate the proliferation of mental health challenges among U.S. high school students since the COVID-19 pandemic began. In particular, 44% of surveyed youth said they felt persistently sad or hopeless during the past year.

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Tools & School Guidance Healthy Schools, Thriving Students

WEBThis California Department of Public Health memo provides up-to-date guidance to California’s schools on mitigating COVID-19 while learning in person. It describes mitigation strategies, as well as considerations for student mental and behavioral health, students with disabilities and other health needs, higher-risk activities, large events

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Mitigation Strategies Healthy Schools, Thriving Students

WEBThis blog post describes 10 of the most important steps schools and districts can take to address challenges related to COVID in 2022–23. Topics include mitigation strategies, social and emotional challenges, academic recovery, and the role schools can play in disseminating health information.

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Resources Healthy Schools, Thriving Students

WEBThis blog post describes 10 of the most important steps schools and districts can take to address challenges related to COVID in 2022–23. Topics include mitigation strategies, social and emotional challenges, academic recovery, and the role schools can play in disseminating health information.

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Data Healthy Schools, Thriving Students

WEBThis website is a continuously updated data dashboard, including information on vaccine progress. It provides a daily 60-second data summary on the current prevalence of COVID-19. This collection of resources brings together recent and rigorous science to inform school reopening efforts, supporting pre-k–12 educators, administrators, and

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Research Healthy Schools, Thriving Students

WEBResearchers studied 915 children and teenagers from July to August 2021 who were hospitalized and tested positive for COVID-19. Of those, three quarters were hospitalized for complications resulting from COVID-19. About half needed help breathing, and nearly a third were placed in intensive care. Hospitalization rates were 10 times higher among

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Virtual Training Healthy Schools, Thriving Students

WEBThis website includes free, evidence-based video and print resources to teach children mental health and coping skills to address a range of challenges, including stress from isolation, personal trauma, and learning challenges brought on by COVID-19. English- and Spanish-language resources address topics such as understanding feelings and

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School Profiles Healthy Schools, Thriving Students

WEBThis 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

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Testing & Tracing Healthy Schools, Thriving Students

WEBThe Learning Network helps school and district leaders start or strengthen school COVID-19 testing and vaccination programs. Their website includes key takeaways, video clips, and resources from a series of webinars about running a school COVID-19 testing program.

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California Resources Healthy Schools, Thriving Students

WEBThis study of seven California school districts identifies several themes and practices that aided their pandemic response. As the pandemic wore on, districts’ initial efforts expanded to address student and staff mental health, student engagement in online learning, adjustments of grading and graduation policies, and targeted services for students with …

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