Alvin Makori

Research Assistant

Background

Alvin Makori is a research assistant at CRPE, where he conducts research surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on vulnerable student populations. He also conducts data analyses, interviews, and literature review for school community engagement efforts. Alvin holds a BA in Law, History, and Culture from the University of Southern California, with a minor in International Relations.

Publications

Alvin Makori

  • The Lens    

School closures and parent engagement: Lessons from Aurora, Colorado

Paul Hill, Alvin Makori, Parker Baxter

In 2013, Aurora, Colorado, was experiencing major demographic changes. A housing boom in this city east of Denver was bringing new families to parts of the city that were previously sparsely populated.

  • The Lens    

Enrollment drops, staff shortages cause budget whiplash for top school districts

Alvin Makori, Christine Pitts

The contrasting trends underscore the pandemic’s wildly variable impact on districts — and the key impact of enrollment on revenue

  • The Lens    

How 100 large and urban districts are (and aren’t) engaging stakeholders

Alvin Makori, Bree Dusseault

Districts are supposed to gather local feedback on how to spend their ESSER pandemic relief money. One year in, one out of three may not be complying.

  • The Lens    

How 100 large urban districts are wrapping family & community input into plans for spending federal emergency school relief funds

Alvin Makori, Bree Dusseault, Travis Pillow

A first look at ESSER priorities indicated many districts may be struggling to reconcile public input with their own strategic priorities.

  • The Lens    

Vanishing in plain sight: Districts face barriers identifying and serving students experiencing homelessness

Alvin Makori, Bree Dusseault

Students who are unhoused or in housing transition, an already vulnerable population before the pandemic, are falling even further out of sight in the 2020–21 school year.

  • The Lens    

What does ‘attendance’ mean for remote learners in a pandemic? How 106 districts are dealing with absenteeism, student engagement & grades

Bree Dusseault, Alvin Makori

Our analysis of reopening plans in 106 large, high-profile districts finds that they have taken student engagement and attendance far more seriously this fall than they did after schools first closed last spring.

  • The Lens    

Racial equity in education: A high priority for parents

Alvin Makori, Heather Casimere, Robin Lake

The summer of 2020 has been one of pain and reckoning for the United States. With widespread protests and discussions happening in the wake of George Floyd’s death, there is reason for concern about children returning to school this fall, beyond the physical health factors.

  • The Lens    

Students experiencing homelessness are largely invisible in school reopening plans

Alvin Makori, Bree Dusseault

The needs of students experiencing homelessness have been neglected in both the national dialogue on the impact of pandemic-related school closures and school districts’ plans for remote learning.

  • The Lens    

The Digital Divide Among Students During COVID-19: Who Has Access? Who Doesn’t?

Robin Lake, Alvin Makori

Our research shows districts in rural areas have been significantly less likely to expect teachers to provide instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Skip to content