About the RESTART Network
The Research on Education Strategies to Advance Recovery and Turnaround (RESTART) Network focuses on identifying and disseminating evidence-based strategies aligned with the needs of policymakers, leaders and educators who are serving and supporting accelerated student recovery efforts. The network also identifies critical needs of the field and supports the research community in developing coherent and coordinated research strategies that build evidence for practices that ensure student recovery – especially among students who have struggled during educational disruptions. The RESTART Network will achieve this by need sensing, synthesizing evidence, and building a community that makes meaningful connections between the research community and policymakers, leaders, and educators.
The network seeks to assist PreK-12 public school systems in their recovery efforts and to inform broader research and practice, by:
- Supporting policymakers and practitioners in responding to communitywide disruptions to the public education system.
- Gathering knowledge, insights, and evidence to better understand and address the impact of these disruptions on education systems and support students and educators.
Contributing to building resilient education systems that can effectively respond to future disruptions by drawing on lessons and promising responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Network Lead
AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH
The American Institutes for Research (AIR) serves as the network lead for the RESTART Network. As the network lead, AIR facilitates the collaborative activities of the research teams by organizing convenings, overseeing solutions working groups, and more. AIR also is conducting research activities to complement the studies and is working to ensure the teams’ findings reach policymakers, school leaders, and educators.
Network Lead Team
Advisory Board
