Reopening schools hinges upon trust that must be built from the ground up
Trust, a societal resource that has been steadily bleeding away, is indispensable for schooling. As the classic book by Anthony Bryk and Barbara Schneider showed, a school can’t be good, and can’t improve, without trust all around. Teachers must trust one another and show respect for parents and loving concern for children. Parents must trust […]
Why CDC reopening guidance is just the start of K-12 recovery
Robin Lake is quoted in District Administrator on K–12 recovery after COVID-19.
With Maryland schools planning to reopen, teacher unions say classrooms aren’t safe enough yet from coronavirus
Ashley Jochim is quoted in the Baltimore Sun on teachers unions’ impact in school reopening decisions.
To test or not to test? Educators weigh the value of standardized testing during a pandemic
Robin Lake is quoted in the Hechinger Report on how schools should be testing students during the pandemic.
Fewer students attending class amid coronavirus pandemic
Bree Dusseault is quoted on attendance tracking during the pandemic.
It takes a village: The pandemic learning pod movement, one year in
Since the spring of 2020, learning pods have evolved from a new idea to a significant feature of the pandemic learning landscape. As the pod movement grows in real-time through the current school year and morphs into new models and approaches, the work of learning is moving beyond the four walls of the school building […]
Rhode Island Kept Its Schools Open. This Is What Happened.
CRPE’s data on the political divide on school reopening is cited in The New York Times.
Biden wants to reopen schools. California could hold him back
Betheny Gross is quoted in the Los Angeles Times on President Biden’s plan to reopen schools.
Fewer Children Are Attending School, Remotely and In Person
CRPE’s database on school reopenings is cited in The Wall Street Journal.
Vanishing in plain sight: Districts face barriers identifying and serving students experiencing homelessness
Students who are unhoused or in housing transition, an already vulnerable population before the pandemic, are falling even further out of sight in the 2020–21 school year. This summer, CRPE conducted a deep dive into the supports districts offered to their students experiencing homelessness. We found that unhoused students were largely unmentioned in districts’ fall […]