Leaders should learn from families of color who shaped education during the pandemic

COVID-19 has been deeply traumatic and disruptive for students and families. But the pandemic also created opportunities for families and community organizations to design their own solutions to educational challenges that existed long before it. As school systems move into the 2021–22 school year, they should learn from experiments led by Black and Latinx families […]

The Remote-Option Divide

Bree Dusseault is quoted in The Atlantic on districts’ decisions on whether to give students a remote learning option.

Surging enrollment in virtual schools during the pandemic spurs new questions for policymakers

During the 2020–21 school year, a large share of students opted to enroll in established, full-time virtual schools. Our analysis of federal enrollment data suggests parents, perhaps dissatisfied with remote schooling or concerned about the safety of in-person learning, sought new alternatives to traditional school districts during the COVID-19 pandemic. We examined data from the […]

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