COVID-19: Creating Safe & Just Schools
NEA is here to ensure we rebuild schools with an emphasis on equity, return to the classroom safely, protect the most vulnerable students, and help educators navigate their rights and responsibilities amidst the COVID-19 crisis.
As schools and campuses reopen, it’s a make-or-break moment for the future of education. To ensure the safety and success of you and your students — during the COVID-19 pandemic, and long after — we’ve assembled helpful resources on finding and requesting tests for your school, protecting your rights and your students’ safety, supporting students’ learning and well-being, details on why and how to get vaccines and boosters, and professional development.
Recent Updates
Biden Administration to Deliver 10 Million COVID Tests to Schools Monthly
With tests—and staff—in short supply, the announcement is welcome news to educators.
Health Insurers to Cover Costs of At-Home COVID Tests
The Biden Administration announced on January 15th that COVID tests must be covered by healthcare. Learn more from our FAQ page on all the details you need to get coverage.
Back to School Amid Omicron Surge
Two educators — one teaching in person, the other virtually — share what the post-holiday return to school is like as the highly contagious variant surges.
More Teachers, Counselors, and Bus Drivers!
Educators can have a say in how to spend the nation's pandemic relief funds.
School Rescue Funds Ranking Tool
The American Rescue Plan can fund our schools’ most critical needs. Help us rank what the funding priorities should be in your state and district to share with lawmakers.
How to Help Your School Community Through Grief and Loss
Countless people have been touched by grief during the pandemic, and people working in schools have often struggled with it – in an atmosphere where there is so much else that we have lost.
It's Time to Get Vax to School
NEA encourages widespread use of safe and effective vaccines for educators and students. We've collected the following information and resources to help educators and parents make an informed decision about how best to protect our students.
Popular Resources
Mitigation Strategies for Safe In-Person Learning
Based on the CDC’s measures “essential to the safe delivery of in-person instruction” we have created resources to help our members implement the safest practices and mitigation strategies during in-person instruction.
Learning Beyond COVID-19: A Vision for Thriving in Public Education
For students to learn now and beyond COVID-19, we must create the conditions to help them thrive.
COVID-19–Related Micro-Credentials
Now's the perfect time to demonstrate your competence in subjects that are particularly relevant when coping with the impact of COVID-19.
Technology Integration 101
Learn how to integrate digital tools (Google docs, QR codes, student response systems and more) into classroom lessons.
Cultivating Socially Just Environments
Deepen your understanding of how to cultivate socially just educational environments.
Cultural Competence Standard
Examine cultural contexts and learn to interact across cultural contexts with sensitivity to differences like economics, race, and disability. (For education support professionals.)
Join the Community of Educators Navigating COVID-19 Together
Join our Facebook group to connect with NEA members in your states and locals to seek and share important information about how COVID-19 is affecting your communities and what’s being done to support your students and one another.
Tackle the Issues And Change Students' Lives
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