PIERRE –The South Dakota Department of Education has released a report outlining how schools in the state have gotten through the Covid-19 pandemic. The report indicates most students remained in in-person education with less than 100 offering fully remote or hybrid modes of education…
Department of Education Secretary Tiffany Sanderson says despite the successes of the 2020-2021 school year officials will have to work with schools and their various staff to try and boost student engagement and attendance in specific population groups…
The survey shows just over 60-percent of teachers used video conferencing like Zoom to conduct classes while only 13-point-seven percent learned via other parents, students or friends. As for keeping infections low the top mitigating strategies included frequent cleaning of high surfaces including in buses, encouraging the checking of symptoms before entering a school, education about staying home when sick, reinforcing personal hygiene, cleaning shared materials which discouraging shared use, limiting visitors, contact tracing and socially distancing seating. Mask use was not included in as a top 10 mitigation strategy.
