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At CRPE, we study how the Covid-19 pandemic reshaped public education and what it will take for schools to recover and adapt. As a driving force in tracking the pandemic’s impact, we analyzed how districts responded to closures, remote learning, enrollment shifts, and the urgent needs of students and families. Our research continues to examine the lasting effects on learning, equity, and engagement, as well as how schools are using recovery efforts—from ESSER investments to new instructional models—to address unfinished learning and reimagine support for students. Through this work, we aim to understand not only how schools can recover lost ground, but also how they can build more resilient and responsive systems for the future.

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Many districts are doing less this summer to make up for lost learning

Lisa Chu, Christine Pitts

Even after an additional year to plan and more federal recovery dollars available, districts’ 2022 summer programs are mostly the same as last year.

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How 100 large and urban districts are (and aren’t) engaging stakeholders

Alvin Makori, Bree Dusseault

Districts are supposed to gather local feedback on how to spend their ESSER pandemic relief money. One year in, one out of three may not be complying.

  • Research Reports    

Progress and potential: The innovations of pandemic learning communities led by leaders of color

Eupha Jeanne Daramola

What seven initiatives led by community leaders of color can teach us about advancing racial justice in K–12 educational spaces.

  • Research Reports    

Whack-A-Mole: School Systems Respond to Disrupted Learning in 2021

Michael DeArmond, Paul Hill, Kate Destler, Christine Campbell

This report complements our latest fall 2021 survey research from the American School District Panel with in-depth interviews of leaders on the ground in five school systems.

  • Research Reports    

Lessons for Improving Curriculum from the COVID–19 Pandemic

Morgan Polikoff

There have been countless challenges faced by American families with school-aged children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the many challenges specifically relating to education has been ensuring children had access to a challenging academic curriculum.

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The Demand Side of Alternative Education Products

Michael McShane, Paul DiPerna

Survey results show there is potentially a robust market for learning pods, or similar arrangements such as microschools, hybrid homeschools, and homeschool cooperatives.

  • Research Reports    

Crisis Breeds Innovation: Pandemic Pods and the Future of Education

Ashley Jochim, Jennifer Poon

This report offers the first in-depth look at families’ and educators’ experiences with pandemic pods.

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Finding teachers and bus drivers is a big problem, but a different staffing challenge is looming in school districts

Michael DeArmond, Heather Schwartz, Paul Hill

The American School District Panel surveyed school districts nationwide to better understand their staffing challenges in the pandemic’s third school year.

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How districts can get serious about career-relevant learning, even in the midst of a pandemic

Steven Weiner, Lisa Chu

To be successful, new career pathways must include strategies for overcoming hard-wired habits, schedules, outcome metrics, and course offerings all focused on college prep.

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Virtual Learning, Now and Beyond

Christine Pitts, Travis Pillow, Bree Dusseault, Robin Lake

This brief provides a guide for education leaders and policymakers building a path to sustainable and quality virtual learning.

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