Executive Director, Columbia University Center for Public Research and Leadership
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Publications
Elizabeth Chu
The Lens
Systems upgrade: Central offices join the tech revolution
Elizabeth Chu, Maddy Sims
The COVID-19 pandemic forced decades of technological innovation on schools in the span of one year. As classes moved fully online and into hybrid modalities, teachers across the country adapted in a variety of ways: learning to instruct and facilitate collaboration over Zoom; hosting virtual parent-teacher conferences that enabled families to participate from any location; using learning management systems to assign work, provide feedback, and monitor progress; and devising creative methods for virtually celebrating big and small wins.