How Mississippi is prioritizing student learning and safety
COVID has undeniably modified schooling, and as faculties, districts, and states transfer ahead with educating college students in a brand new actuality, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is specializing in student learning and student safety.
MDE is investing as much as $49 million of its American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) III funds in 4 new providers to help student safety and learning statewide.
“These student and school support services will help all district and school leaders manage the challenges of the pandemic and help students accelerate their learning,” mentioned Dr. Carey Wright, state superintendent of schooling. “Along with a system to make schools safer, we are offering districts services that will give students access to high-quality content, college and career planning tools, and live tutors 24 hours a day, seven days a week.”
All college districts have the choice to subscribe to the providers, that are being supplied for gratis to districts. Districts that resolve to implement the brand new providers could have free entry to them by way of the top of the ESSER III funding cycle, September 30, 2024.
The 4 new student safety and learning providers embrace:
Health and School Safety Platform (nSide)
The web-based the nSide platform allows faculties and districts to develop and implement stronger well being and safety plans that defend college students, lecturers and workers. Features embrace an emergency alert system to first responders, surveillance cameras that detect crowd congestion, and a system to create detailed campus maps and constructing ground plans with georeferenced photos that give first responders exact areas.
Laura Ascione is the Editorial Director at eSchool Media. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland’s prestigious Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
