Deficiencies in Spring and Summer Point to Where Districts Must Put Their Attention This Fall
Gaps in spring and summer planning can point districts to the critical issues they must attend to in the coming school year.
The Lens
Bringing vision and clarity to education policy
School's Out for the Summer: Parents Worry about Social-Emotional Impacts of Closures
Parents we interviewed wondered what they could do this summer to compensate for the lack of social interaction.
Building Effective Relationships with a Teacher-Family-Student Triangle
For schools to have effective working relationships with parents as co-teachers, they must manage the teacher-family-student triangle more closely than in the past.
Schools Can Help Parents by Setting Clear Expectations
The teacher-parents we interviewed had important insights into the need to provide more clarity and support to families.
Lessons from Remote Learning: Parent Perspectives
We asked parents about their experiences helping children with their schooling during the COVID-19 shutdown.
The Digital Divide Among Students During COVID-19: Who Has Access? Who Doesn’t?
We set out to make sense of data from different sources that shed light on the digital divide, the reasons for it, and the inadequacy of past efforts to close it.
Too Many Schools Leave Learning to Chance During the Pandemic
A new brief summarizes our findings from a review of COVID-19 response plans of 477 school districts across the country.
This Is No Time for Nuance
This must be a moment of profound horror and shame for all of America, and in particular, for white Americans.