Current Research – Center on Reinventing Public Education

Teacher collaboration: Students and educators need systematic organizational responses this school year

In 2020–21, many teachers, despite all of their struggles, saw a surge of collaboration and coordination.

Schools supporting multilingual learners

We spoke with teachers and administrators in three New England districts with large numbers of multilingual learners about how the pandemic influenced student learning and teaching practice last year.

These 232 innovative schools are challenging old assumptions about education

A diverse array of communities are working to reinvent schooling in pursuit of their visions for thriving young people and families.

COVID–19 Showed Us How Important It Is to Focus on Adolescent Well-Being: Here is What School Systems Should Do

States and districts should be using this moment as an opportunity to reassess how they support adolescents and their families.

What schools can learn from learning pods about supporting effective teacher-student relationships

When schools closed down last spring, some parents and educators responded by forming “pandemic pods,” or small groups of students who came together outside of school to learn during the pandemic. These experiments from last...

Pandemic learning pod instructors loved teaching, but don’t want to be traditional classroom teachers

Samantha* had been a veteran educator for fourteen years, first as a classroom teacher and then a principal, when the pandemic shut down schools. Last year, when she learned about the then-growing learning pod movement,...

It’s time for a new K–12 reform agenda

For the second year in a row, many school districts are not ready to switch kids to remote learning if in-person school is interrupted. While most large districts offer full-time remote learning, parents had to...

New England Profiles of Innovation | Margarita Muñiz Academy

Margarita Muñiz Academy’s development of its “Portrait of a Scholar” project led to a number of changes focused on providing greater opportunities for student voice and participation.

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.

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...