Alice Opalka is quoted in Chalkbeat Newark about the shift to virtual learning.
Alice Opalka
Research Analyst
Research:
Alice Opalka is a research analyst at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, where she works on projects related to portfolio strategy, cross-sector collaboration, system governance, and more. Before joining CRPE, Alice was an Education Pioneers Fellow in Los Angeles, an AmeriCorps volunteer coordinator at a children’s literacy organization in Los Angeles, and a college access mentor with College Access Now in Seattle. Alice holds a BA in Environmental Analysis from Scripps College, and an MPA from the University of Southern California.
03/2021
School Reopening Trends Offer Districts the Opportunity to Start Planning Beyond the Pandemic
Our latest analysis of school district learning models from March 1 to March 13 finds that a clear majority—57 percent—of the nation’s school districts report offering full-time in-person...
01/2021
U-Turn: Surge of COVID Cases Reverses Reopening Progress in America's School Districts
Our December review of a statistically representative sample of 477 districts found 31 percent are operating in fully remote learning—a larger percentage than at any other point during the fall...
11/2020
One Step Forward, One Step Back: Public Health Fears Keep America's School Districts on a Reopening Treadmill
This brief gives an update on our nationally representative sample of school district reopening plans.
08/2020
School Districts Across the Nation Plan for An Uncertain Year Ahead
This brief gives a snapshot from July 27-31 of how school districts across the country are currently planning for fall 2020.
08/2020
Getting Back to School: An Update on Plans from Across the Country
This brief gives a snapshot from August 17–21 of how school districts across the country are planning for fall 2020.
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Sep 14 2020
Sep 11 2020
Alice Opalka is quoted in Chalkbeat Chicago on how districts are approaching virtual learning for the new school year.
Jul 13 2017
Robin Lake and Alice Opalka write on the importance of collaboration between school districts and charter schools in this piece for Education Next.
Feb 11 2021
Community-based organizations and adults beyond the teacher are playing an increased role supporting students and their families through the pandemic, but there is room for more learning pods to take advantage of their flexible nature to provide more well-rounded support.
As many school districts reopen virtually, the opportunity gap widens for students living in poverty
Sep 10 2020
Students in the highest-poverty school systems can’t afford to wait for instruction to go back to “normal.”
Sep 1 2020
Do district central offices need to seize more control, or can they empower school leaders to meet community needs?
Aug 12 2020
We describe the key findings from our work with rural districts during the pandemic.
Jun 10 2020
A new brief summarizes our findings from a review of COVID-19 response plans of 477 school districts across the country.
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