Taking Attendance During Coronavirus Closures: Is It Even Worth It?
Bree Dusseault is quoted in Education Week on attendance tracking during the pandemic.
The new hybrid model: How an Indianapolis middle school is trying to balance safety with face time
Betheny Gross is quoted in Chalkbeat on the hybrid model of remote and in-person learning.
Reinventing on the fly: How learning pods may hint at a new structure for public education
For years, developments at the margins of public education hinted at a new world, struggling to be born. Microschools, hybrid homeschools, and a la carte online courses offered an array of new learning experiences to families with the resources to access them. New institutions like Workspace Education and a growing proliferation of homeschooling collaboratives formed […]
Students experiencing homelessness are largely invisible in school reopening plans
The needs of students experiencing homelessness have been neglected in both the national dialogue on the impact of pandemic-related school closures and school districts’ plans for remote learning.
Some Private Schools Win Families, Others Lose Them in Coronavirus Pandemic
Robin Lake is quoted in the Wall Street Journal on private school enrollment amid the pandemic.
The COVID-19 learning cliff
Robin Lake is quoted on addressing learning losses in Axios.
Leading states show how to set clear expectations for remote learning—more should follow their example
Last spring, fewer than half of the nation’s school districts expected teachers to deliver remote instruction, grade student work, and take attendance. Districts’ inaction appeared to be closely linked to states’ unclear expectations. As the pandemic spreads, districts across the country have announced they will open remotely, in some cases only weeks away from the […]
Rural school districts can be creative in solving the internet connectivity gap—but they need support
Gaps in access to the internet and instruction were evident in CRPE’s analysis of rural districts. However, rural districts also devised innovative strategies to help put materials and instruction in the hands of students.
Chaos coast to coast as a school year like no other launches
Robin Lake is quoted in the Washington Post on findings from our national review of school district reopening plans.
Teachers Are Wary of Returning to Class, and Online Instruction Too
Robin Lake is quoted in The New York Times on school reopening plans amid COVID-19.
