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.
Closing the void at the core of public education
As schools reopen, it is less clear than ever what public education is for. States and districts resist testing students to see what they know now, and many won’t judge schools on whether anyone learns. National assessments are on hold, and traditional elements of the curriculum—and even grading—are under assault as supporting white supremacy. Yes, […]
Most Schools Do Not Yet Meet Biden’s Demand for Testing and Vaccines
CRPE’s database of 100 district plans is cited in The New York Times.
Delta pushed most Philly-area school districts to keep virtual option; a few fear slippery slope
Bree Dusseault is quoted by NPR’s WHYY on districts’ remote learning options for students.
What Kids Feel Entering A Third COVID School Year (And How To Help Them Through It)
Robin Lake speaks on NPR’s Consider This on how the pandemic has challenged kids and what we can do to help them.
‘Everyone Had Their Heads in the Sand’: Push To Reopen Schools Leaves Many Quarantined Students Without Remote Learning Options
Robin Lake is quoted in The 74 on districts’ plans—or lack thereof—for students to continue learning while they are quarantined.
Notes from our database: The latest on 2021-22’s rocky return to school
The scramble to reopen schools, keep students safe, and keep them learning hasn’t abated.
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 […]
Families delivered innovative solutions to pandemic-fueled education disruptions. Policymakers should support them to do so again
After an optimistic summer, Delta’s rise and an escalating public health situation has crushed many people’s hope for a quiet, even “normal” school year. Families worried about the risks presented by COVID-19 are increasingly stuck between a rock and a hard place: accept the risks that come with in-person instruction—often with inadequate mitigation measures—or face […]
‘Things are changing fast’: More schools requiring masks for all, vaccines for teachers
Bree Dusseault is quoted on school reopening plans in Chalkbeat.
