by WFIS | Oct 26, 2023 | Covid-19, Education News, Student Data
Children in child care centers don’t spread COVID-19 at significant rates to caregivers or other children at the center, nor to their households, according to a new study. From futurity.org The findings suggest that recommendations to test symptomatic children for...
by WFIS | Aug 14, 2023 | DOH, Education News, Legislation and Policy, Student Data, WFIS News
Every student enrolled/registered in school or childcare in Washington must have medically verified, up-to-date immunization records on file with the school in which they are enrolled/registering before the first day of school, 2023-2024. This reminder is critical if...
by WFIS | Jul 27, 2023 | Education News, Student Data
The Markup July 27, 2023 Four critical questions parents and educators should be asking The ed tech industry’s pandemic-era boom has meant K-12 schools and universities are receiving sales pitches for an abundance of new products—from generative AI...
by WFIS | Dec 15, 2022 | Education News, Legislation and Policy, Student Data, The Advocate, WFIS News
The Federal Government allocated emergency funding, known as EANS I and EANS II, or ARP-EANS, to support private school students impacted by the pandemic. For the most part, the schools that received EANS I have spent or budgeted for their entire allocation. EANS I...
by WFIS | Oct 24, 2022 | Agencies and Committees, DOH, Education News, Student Data, WFIS News
This year, the Department of Health’s school immunization reporting opens Nov. 1 and closes Dec. 1. Visit DOH’s school reporting pages for details: K12 School Immunization Status Reporting Preschools and Child Care Centers Immunization Status Reporting...
by WFIS | Jan 27, 2022 | Education News, Student Data, The Advocate, WFIS News
The Markup by Todd Feathers Vista Equity Partners has been buying up software used in schools. Parents want to know what the companies do with kids’ data Over the past six years, a little-known private equity firm, Vista Equity Partners, has built an...
