In the Springdale School District, substitutes who can typically take a job at any school, are being assigned to a building this year as a way to limit the spread of COVID-19. According to the Arkansas Department of Health, Springdale, the state's largest district, had 18 active cases as of Sept. 7.
0000017d-2122-dd26-adfd-e56710b50000The New Classroom is a special reporting series, supported by The Walton Family Foundation, exploring the struggles, changes and innovations in education during the COVID-19 pandemic. You can find reports in this series listed below.
Pandemic Impacts Substitute Teachers' Interactions With School Districts
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