What Will It Take to Reopen Schools Amid the Pandemic? 5 Experts Weigh In on Accelerating Student Learning

This is the seventh in a series of invited responses to some of the big, unanswered questions facing America’s schools.
Student learning is an afterthought in many state reopening plans; that’s a huge mistake

Schools have once again been thrust into the national spotlight as education leaders wrestle with changing local health conditions and impossible politics. Against this backdrop, states have emerged as the battleground for how schools will and will not adapt to the crisis and what the results will be for students and their families. CRPE […]
What Will It Take to Reopen Schools Amid the Pandemic? 5 Experts Weigh In on Politics and Education Reform

This is the sixth in a series of invited responses to some of the big, unanswered questions facing America’s schools.
Will States Step Up to Address Gaps in Access to Remote Learning This Fall?

It should surprise no one that this spring’s experiment with remote learning revealed huge gaps in access to education that divided low-income students from their more affluent peers, rural students from urban ones, and students with disabilities from non-disabled students. While the gaps in resources between schools and districts are significant, they pale in comparison […]
What Will It Take to Reopen Schools Amid the Pandemic? 5 Experts Weigh In on What New Roles Teachers Should Play

This is the fifth in a series of invited responses to some of the big, unanswered questions facing America’s schools.
Now, More Than Ever, Public Education Funding Must Adapt to Meet Students’ Diverse Needs

As schools reopen this fall they will face their greatest-ever strains about money. Depleted state budgets could force cuts of more than 10 percent; these could escalate as the year goes on and state revenues fall short. District losses could be greater if enrollment falls, which will happen if some parents keep children at home […]
What Will It Take to Reopen Schools Amid the Pandemic? 5 Experts Weigh In on School Choice Options for Families

This is the fourth in a series of invited responses to some of the big, unanswered questions facing America’s schools as they prepare to reopen in the fall. The Center on Reinventing Public Education, in partnership with The 74, fielded responses from a diverse roster of educators and policymakers in order to promote creative thinking and debate […]
What Will It Take to Reopen Schools Amid the Pandemic? 8 Experts Weigh In on Families, Schools & Students’ Diverse Needs

This is the fourth in a series of invited responses to some of the big, unanswered questions facing America’s schools.
First District Reopening Plans Illuminate Tradeoffs and Confusion In Politically Charged Environment

Last week, school reopening was thrust into the national and political spotlight as President Donald Trump polarized the issue and Betsy DeVos, his education secretary, threatened to divert federal funding from schools that do not open in-person. Districts and states have been slow to release much detail on what to expect in the fall, but […]
What Will It Take to Reopen Schools Amid the Pandemic? 8 Experts Weigh In on What Parts of Remote Learning — and In-Person Teaching — We Should Keep

This is the second in a series of invited responses to some of the big, unanswered questions facing America’s schools.