Schools Can Help Parents by Setting Clear Expectations
In March, schools started to roll out school closure plans in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For families, the last few months have felt like a roller coaster as they tried to adjust to the everchanging new realities. In May, we interviewed 33 parents, including 7 who were also educators, to gain insight into these […]
Lessons from Remote Learning: Parent Perspectives
This spring’s school closures thrust parents into a new role as co-educators. Countless stories have emerged of how parents are overwhelmed and how some have “opted out” of school. We at CRPE wanted to dig deeper—to find out more about parent experiences and to help schools and districts capture lessons learned. In May 2020, we […]
The Digital Divide Among Students During COVID-19: Who Has Access? Who Doesn’t?
Our research shows districts in rural areas have been significantly less likely to expect teachers to provide instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools with higher concentrations of students from low-income households have been less likely to expect teachers to provide real-time lessons, track students’ attendance, or grade their assignments. One critical driver of these disparities […]
Too Many Schools Leave Learning to Chance During the Pandemic
We knew the sudden shift to remote learning would be hard. For the last two months CRPE followed a group of large, mostly urban school systems as they clarified their expectations for teaching students, tracking attendance, and monitoring learning. These districts are prominent in the national debate and serve nearly one of every six public […]
Research Shows Students Falling Months Behind During Virus Disruptions
CRPE’s nationally representative review of school system COVID-19 plans is cited in The New York Times.
Districts’ Summer School Plans on Shaky Ground
Bree Dusseault is quoted in Education Week on school districts’ plans for the summer amid COVID-19.
This Is No Time for Nuance
At CRPE we take pride in research and ideas that are logical, uncommon, and nuanced. We often eschew easy or simplistic solutions. We prefer to take time to think, listen, and consider. We don’t like saying the obvious or the expected. We believe that actions and results are more important than statements. The past 10 days […]
Special Report: U.S. school closures dramatically shrinking public education, Reuters finds
Betheny Gross is quoted by Reuters on school closures.
Districts Are Missing an Opportunity to Innovate as Most Take Traditional Approaches to Summer School
Note from the authors: We share our most recent COVID-19 findings during a critical moment, as the recurring impact of systemic violence against Black people devastates our communities and the nation. As we work to inform efforts to build a more equitable education system, we must acknowledge the pain wrought by these injustices. After three […]
Too Many Schools Leave Learning to Chance During the Pandemic
This brief summarizes our findings from a review of COVID-19 response plans of 477 school districts across the country.