COVID-19

Proper ventilation is an important mitigation strategy for opening school buildings safely; the CDC has issued more detailed ventilation guidance.

Faltering federal investment in after-school, coupled with the high cost of participation, puts millions of children at risk. Nonprofit partners offer advice to libraries looking to serve their communities.

Having two books released during the pandemic wasn't a disaster for the author, as Nye found the "positive contagion" of books and poetry was not only still there, it was connecting more young readers and writers from different places around the world.

More publishers are loosening copyright restrictions given the ongoing state of remote learning. Abrams, HarperCollins, and Peachtree join Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster in extending permissions for online story time and classroom read-aloud videos to June 30, 2021. 

The CDC’s Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools through Phased Mitigation lists five strategies that must be “strictly implemented” for safe in-person school.

Libraries are providing rich, ­creative sensory experiences to the young children who need it most. Here are ideas for stimulating, hands-on activities.

The approach is especially effective now that so many students are working asynchronously, experts say. 

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Statistics show the impact of learning loss during the pandemic, while experts offer suggestions for how best to restart in-person education.