About the Project:
In partnership with our funders, the Center on Reinventing Public Education launched a national initiative that brought together researchers from around the country to track and analyze the pandemic pod movement. Our goal was simple: to learn from the families, educators, and community-based organizations who stepped in during the crisis to solve urgent challenges and, along the way, invented educational solutions that could outlast the pandemic.
Based on a survey, interviews with parents, educators and leaders of pandemic pod initiatives, and more than a dozen case studies, we share findings about educator, family, and student experiences with these small, pandemic learning communities and what they may mean for the future of education. Use this page to explore all of the products of our research.