Still No Consistent Plan for Remote Learning for Hundreds of Thousands of Students at Some of America’s Biggest School Districts
Since the middle of March, when schools across the country closed to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Center on Reinventing Public Education’s nationwide tracking effort has told a story of school systems slowly making the transition from the classroom to the cloud. Now, nearly two months into our nationwide tracking effort, most […]
States All Over the Map on Remote Learning Rigor, Detail
CRPE’s database on district remote learning plans is cited in Education Week.
CPS Made Gains In Learning. Now Schools Are Shut Down. What Will The Impact Be?
Paul Hill is quoted in WBEZ on the impact of school shutdowns amid COVID-19.
Colorado Summer Camps Still Don’t Know When Or How They’ll Be Allowed To Open
CPR News cites CRPE’s brief Blueprint4Summer Colorado: Mapping Denver’s Landscape for Summer Enrichment.
Avoiding Long-Term Harm from “Do No Harm” Grading Policies
Seattle Public Schools made local headlines for its decision to award only As or incompletes as part of its revised grading policy during COVID-19 closures. Seattle district leaders say their policy “intentionally minimizes harm for students furthest away from educational justice” during the current crisis, but it may overlook harm caused over the longer term […]
The Class Divide: Remote Learning at 2 Schools, Private and Public
CRPE’s database on district remote learning plans is cited in The New York Times.
Prepared remarks delivered to the House Education and Labor Committee
The following remarks were delivered to members of the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee during a May 7 briefing on the impact of COVID-19. Chairman Scott, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to talk about the nationwide shutdown of public schools in response to the pandemic, and the move to distance […]
Schools Must Figure Out How to Support Parents as Co-Educators
Social distancing has forced parents into roles as co-educators. This is not entirely new—parents have always helped with take-home lessons for kids at home due to illness. But the expectation that parents will engage daily for a long time is new. Parents have good reasons to be unhappy. Distance learning for K–12 kids assumes that […]
South Florida Schools ‘Ahead Of The Pack’ In Tracking Virtual Attendance. Here’s Why That Matters
Bree Dusseault is quoted on WLRN about tracking attendance during remote learning.
When coronavirus hit, schools moved online. Some students didn’t.
Bree Dusseault is quoted in the Philadelphia Inquirer about online learning.
