From pods to public schools: Bringing the best of pandemic learning to traditional systems
For more than two years, CRPE has studied the practices and impact of pandemic learning pods in hopes of identifying lessons that can be applied more broadly to improving public education for all students. In June 2022, CRPE convened a cross-sector group of education leaders—practitioners, funders, policymakers, researchers, and community advocates. Drawing from examples of […]
Student achievement gaps and the pandemic: A new review of evidence from 2021–2022
This report begins the second round of an updated series of papers that aim to provide a definitive account of the best available evidence on how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected America’s students.
Perspectives that bind: Reshaping partnerships in education
Partnerships between schools, families, and expanded learning providers are a powerful tool that could be used for lasting change in education.
Pods in Action: KaiPod Learning
A new company sustaining the pandemic pod model offers flexibility to teachers, students and parents.
Pods in Action: The Oakland REACH
REACH’s story demonstrates the potential for community-based organizations to play a larger role in addressing both current challenges and longstanding iniquities in the public education system.
“The most professionally satisfied I’ve been.” How could the best aspects of learning pod staffing be scaled up?
Pod staffing arrangements have the potential to be replicated at a much larger scale and in a way that endures beyond the pandemic.
Use of personalized learning platforms in one pandemic-era microschool: A case study
This paper poses the question of how personalized learning platforms might affect students’ academic, social, and emotional outcomes.
Progress and potential: The innovations of pandemic learning communities led by leaders of color
What seven initiatives led by community leaders of color can teach us about advancing racial justice in K–12 educational spaces.
Pods in Action: The Central Florida Urban League
CFUL opened Whitney M. Young Academy, a microschool designed to meet the individual needs of low-income, African American students.
Arizona Autism Charter School: Meeting the Unique Needs of Students with Autism and Other Related Disabilities
Pandemic responses in schools like AZACS offer enduring lessons about fluid and effective practices that meet the needs of all students.
