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This is a Tough One As governors in some states begin to relax restrictions on businesses from the COVID-19 shutdown, they’ve decided to leave the school buildings closed. Since this is a very tough call, it helps to be aware of the pros and cons that governors and...

Questions and More Questions The list of governors canceling in-school instruction due to COVID-19 for the remainder of this academic year continues to grow by the week. The result is that superintendents and their academic teams are left to figure out how they will...

Introduction Around the globe, people are suddenly transitioning to remote work amid the COVID-19 pandemic. And employers are concerned about their employees’ productivity. But that concern may be blinding them to a potentially higher risk: employee burnout. And in...

Getting to the End of a Rocky Road Born in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, most seniors this year were first graders during the housing crash and subsequent recession. And as they grew up, social media exploded and the country suffered its worst period for mass...

Any Redeeming Value to Social Distancing? It's eminently clear that COVID-19 social distancing is taking its toll on many people. The loneliness for many borders on the unbearable. Given that loneliness increases the risk of premature death by more than 25 percent,...

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions Principals from across the country are grappling with an array of difficult decisions forced upon them by the current Coronavirus pandemic. Now that your school is closed, when should you reopen? If your school must remain closed for an...

Quarantine and its Potential Psychological Fallout As we all know, we are currently enduring an epidemiological crisis of potentially epic proportions as COVID-19 spreads across the planet. Quarantine has proven to flatten the curve of infection, promoting fewer...

A Quickly Evolving Landscape There are times that the system must undergo a profound shock to pave the way for innovation. In the case of remote therapy, coronavirus may have just done that. While the gradual shift from face-to-face therapy to online therapy was...