Remote Classes Are in Session for More School Districts, But Attendance Plans Are Still Absent
Six weeks into COVID-19 school closures, and at roughly the midpoint of the final academic quarter of this school year, we are stepping back to assess what schools and districts have accomplished—and the gaps in learning opportunities that remain—as students, teachers, and families prepare to close out 2019-20. Districts have come a long way in this […]
The Power of “How Are You?”: Teacher Check-ins in Remote Learning
Last week, Fairfax County in Virginia delayed the launch of remote learning due to technical challenges. Earlier in the month, Los Angeles Unified School District reported that about one third of their over 600,000 students were not logging into their online learning platforms regularly, and that about 15,000 had been completely absent since online learning […]
Lessons from Florida’s Fast Action on Remote Learning
On March 13, Florida schools announced an extended spring break, which would be followed by a statewide shutdown extending into April—and now, through the end of the school year. The initial closure order came on a Friday. The following Monday, the state’s largest school district, and the fifth largest in the nation, went live with […]
How School Districts Are Outsmarting a Microbe
Robin Lake is quoted on remote learning in the New York Times.
How many students are still attending school while at home? New numbers paint an incomplete picture.
Sean Gill is quoted in Minnesota Post about remote learning.
Distance Learning Methods Differ Notably Across The U.S.
Bree Dusseault discusses CRPE’s findings on remote learning plans on NPR’s All Things Considered.
Three Ways States Can Use ESSA to Address the Pandemic’s Impact
Ashley Jochim’s piece Three Ways States Can Tap ESSA to Better Navigate the COVID-19 Crisis is featured in Education Week.
When it comes to online learning, Mass., Rhode Island take wildly divergent paths
Robin Lake is quoted in the Boston Globe about distance learning.
Three Ways States Can Tap ESSA to Better Navigate the COVID-19 Crisis
The novel coronavirus has shaken the very foundation of the U.S. public education system and upended assumptions about what “schooling” means. With virtually every school in the U.S. affected, the public health crisis has created unprecedented challenges and thrust families into the position of reluctant homeschoolers. States have emerged as a battleground for some of […]
What Post-Katrina New Orleans Can Teach Schools About Addressing COVID Learning Losses
This year, the “summer” break for school children will be six months long. Some learning loss is likely, but it will vary, depending on kids’ opportunities to learn during the coronavirus shutdown and on individual differences—for example, a taste for recreational reading. How can schools figure out where individual kids are? If the kids in […]
