Recovery for U.S. Students in 2021: What Schools and Districts Can Do to Make Up for Lost Learning Time

We propose six principles to ensure students experience a positive, healthy, and restorative schooling experience this year.
All Together Now: Getting Students with Disabilities What They Need During the Pandemic

During the 2020–21 school year, we learned through a series of interviews that most teachers missed out on the power of collaborative interactions between general and special educators.
How Has the Pandemic Affected Students’ Social-Emotional Well-Being? A Review of the Evidence to Date

This report is part of a series that aims to provide a definitive account of the best available evidence on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected America’s students. The Center on Reinventing Public Education compiled hundreds of studies and convened panels of experts to interpret what the data show. Three initial reports assess what we […]
New England Profiles of Innovation | Nokomis Regional High School

This profile of Nokomis Regional High School in Newport, Maine details the school’s practices that have made it successful, how they have adapted in the fact of the pandemic, and how other school communities can begin conversations about creating flexible pathways for students to design components of their own high school experience.
Approaching SEL as a Whole-School Effort, Not an Add-On: Lessons from Two Charter Networks
This paper highlights the approach that two innovative charter networks took last year to address student well-being and social-emotional development.
How Has the Pandemic Affected Students with Disabilities? A Review of the Evidence to Date
This report is part of a series that aims to provide a definitive account of the best available evidence on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected America’s students.
School Districts Across the Nation Plan for An Uncertain Year Ahead

This brief gives a snapshot of how school districts across the country are currently planning for fall 2020, how they are planning for contingencies of COVID-19 spread, and how this varies based on district characteristics.
The Tradeoff Between Teacher Wages and Layoffs to Meet Budget Cuts
This analysis shows that school districts faced with large budget gaps could avoid some or all teacher layoffs by rolling back salaries.
A Roadmap to Kick-Start Recovery in 2021: Six Principles for Summer Learning and Beyond

This paper presents school districts with six principles of summer learning that can guide pandemic recovery and planning for the summer, fall, and beyond.
How Much Have Students Missed Academically Because of the Pandemic? A Review of the Evidence to Date
This report is part of a series that aims to provide a definitive account of the best available evidence on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected America’s students.