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 […]
Dear States: Don’t Leave Remote Learning to Chance
Initial findings from the first month of CRPE’s in-depth reviews of district and charter school organizations’ responses to the COVID-19 crisis has revealed major gaps in learning opportunities available to students. States play critical roles in ensuring schools address this challenge. Michigan State University’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research in partnership with the […]
“We Should Have Been Working This Way All Along”: School District Central Offices Embrace Change in Crisis Response
The uneven and, in some cases, slow-moving efforts to support student learning during the COVID-19 pandemic have raised new questions about whether school districts are prepared to respond to a fast-moving crisis. We should all wonder how organizations that can sometimes take months to award contracts or hire senior staff are now coordinating, directing, and […]
Districts and CMOs Are Making Progress on Instruction and Monitoring, But Lag in Grading and Attendance
Nearly a month has passed since the majority of districts across the country closed. This week we continue to track progress toward remote learning. We also look at attendance tracking for the first time. This week we saw more districts providing universal access to instruction and feedback on student work and progress monitoring. Of the […]
Should schools teach anyone who can get online – or no one at all?
CRPE’s database on COVID-19 school closures is cited in the Hechinger Report.
Present or absent? With schools closed, some districts stop tracking attendance, while others refine it
Betheny Gross is quoted by Chalkbeat on attendance tracking during COVID-19 school closures.
Many Schools Are Not Providing Any Instruction Amid Closures
Robin Lake is quoted in US News & World Report on findings from our database of school district COVID-19 response plans.
Op-ed: IPS leadership, educators ensure education remains a priority during pandemic
CRPE’s work on COVID-19 is cited in this Indianapolis Star op-ed.
As school goes virtual, what gets left behind?
Sean Gill is quoted in the Washington Examiner on virtual learning.
The Latest From a Nationwide Survey: Districts Continue to Struggle Toward Online Learning
This is the second in a series of updates on our findings on school district response plans. See our latest analysis here. Last week, we released an initial database of district responses to COVID-19, which tracked how districts were serving the basic needs of their students and families in the face of school closures. Since […]