Remote Learning Isn’t Going Away. Will It Create Separate—and Unequal—School Systems?
Bree Dusseault warns in Education Week that some families may still choose nontraditional tracks for their students post-pandemic, with the potential of creating a totally separate school system.
Schools that Switched to a Four-Day Week Saw Learning Reductions. What Does that Mean for the Pandemic’s Lost Instructional Time?
Robin Lake is quoted in The 74 on lost instructional time in schools that switched to a four-day week.
How Six School Systems are Responding to Disrupted Schooling: Will It Be Enough?
This report examines how six school systems tried to address the academic consequences of disrupted learning in the 2020-2021 school year.
COVID-19 Revealed New Roles for Cities to Create a Continuum of Support for Youth and Families. They Shouldn’t End with the Pandemic
This brief examines the involvement of the 100 largest cities in the U.S. in creating learning pods during the pandemic.
American Families Plan caps Biden’s first 100 days with pre-K proposal
Robin Lake is quoted in K-12 Dive on President Biden’s progress in his first 100 days in office.
Hindsight is 2024: A premortem on districts’ return to school
CRPE offers a premortem to give leaders pushing for change the foresight they need to overcome the barriers that threaten the lifespan of ambitious work.
Fact check: Does Biden deserve credit for school reopenings?
Sean Gill is quoted on the impact of President Biden’s school reopening plan.
Virtual IEPs should stay
This is the first blog post in our Notes from the Field: Special Education blog series. When the pandemic hit last spring, schools across the country shifted out of sheer necessity to virtual meetings to discuss students’ Individual Education Plans (IEP). But the move has had some unanticipated benefits, with some educators and parents praising them […]
Pandemic pods show the value of designing for individual needs. Will we learn from them?
Pandemic pods were born out of necessity, as schools shuttered around the country last spring and families cast out in search of urgent solutions to childcare and remote learning support. But in a year characterized by unprecedented disruption and loss, families and educators participating in pods discovered something important: students, educators, and families benefit from […]
In thousands of districts, 4-day school weeks are robbing students of learning time for what amounts to hygiene theater
Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made clear that good ventilation and consistent mask wearing are far more effective at preventing the spread of COVID-19 than disinfecting surfaces. This clarification was long overdue. Scientists have long suspected that the virus is mainly airborne. They recognized that measures like deep cleaning and temperature checks […]
