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Ideas & research from our thought leaders on PreK-12 education recovery efforts in the wake of the pandemic
Young students wearing face masks stand in a line with their arms up to ensure they are socially distanced.

Closing Out the RESTART Network: Reflections and Recovery

Susan Therriault
4 min read  
A single student, wearing a face mask, is sitting on a school bus and looking through the window.

Putting Education Outcomes in Context: Resources for Considering the COVID-19 Pandemic and Recovery

Susan Therriault
3 min read  
Sixth-grade math teachers discuss their lessons during a team planning session.

The Power of Collaborative Partnerships

Kylie Klein
4 min read  
A teacher reads a story to her class of young students.
Chicago Skyline Early Literacy

A New Chapter for Research-Practice Partnerships: Chicago Public Schools Skyline Curriculum Research Project Exemplifies Collaboration and Partnership

Kate Canniff
5 min read  
Students at Skyline High School work together during an after-school tutoring club.
North Carolina School Extension Programs

How Pandemic Recovery Findings Are Powering North Carolina’s Hurricane Helene Response

Sarah Crittenden Fuller, Rosie Miesner
4 min  
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Resource Roundup: RESTART Network Research Teams Create Infographics, Sharing Insights from Three Years of Research

Kate Canniff
4 min read  
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California Expanded Learning Opportunities

Preparing for Future Disruptions: Key Lessons for Researchers, Policymakers, and Practitioners

Niu Gao, Julian Betts, Bruce Fuller, Jonathan Isler, Piper Stanger
4 min  
Teachers at Skyline High School meet with community partners to plan work-based learning opportunities for students.
Metro Atlanta Recovery and Acceleration

Lessons for the Next Disruption: What Our Partnership-Driven COVID-19 Research Taught Us

Thomas Goldring, Salma Mohammad Ali, and Katherine Dunn
4 min  
Students in a digital photography class create fake ice cream for a photo shoot.
Illinois Learning Renewal - SEL

What it Takes to Scale SEL Programming Statewide: Lessons from the Implementation of Illinois’s Learning Renewal—SEL Initiative

Iris Daruwala
5 min  
students listening
California Expanded Learning Opportunities

Why — and How — Some California Schools Bounced Back Five Years After the Pandemic

Niu Gao, Julian Betts, Jonathan Isler, Piper Stanger, EdSource
4 min read  
two students working on a project
Recovery Needs and Activities - Scan and Synthesis

Rigorous Educational Research in the Wake of the Pandemic

Rebecca Steingut, Karina Castañeda Esparza & Lyzz Davis
3 min read  
An undergraduate student from UCLA meets with high school students in an AP research class at UCLA Community School.

The Benefit of a Research-Practice Partnership During an Educational Disruption

Kylie Klein
4 min read  
students sitting together around a computer

Reconnecting with Disengaged Students

Sarah Frazelle
4 min read  
black teacher sitting with students

Making Teacher Diversity a Priority: One Strategy to Improve Student Engagement

Sharif El-Mekki
5 min read  
High schoolers work together to assemble a circuit kit in the school’s makerspace.
North Carolina School Extension Programs

The Definition of Success for Summer School Programs in a Post-COVID and Post-ESSER World

Kevin C. Bastian, Sarah Crittenden Fuller, Douglas Lauen, and Rosie Miesner
5 min  
Photo collage from Forum

RESTART Network Forum 2024: Bringing Research and Practice Together

Katharyn Peterman
5 min read  
people in a meeting

RESTART Network Study Teams Share Progress and Key Learnings

Kate Canniff
6 min read  
students in an outdoor afterschool activity helping hands

The Vital Role of Community Partners in Urban District Recovery Efforts

Akisha Osei Sarfo, Ph.D.
6 min read  
students holding books on the playground
Chicago Skyline Early Literacy

Student Engagement in the Primary Grades During and After the Pandemic

Julia A. Gwynne
8 min read  
Teacher standing in front of her class. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages
Illinois Learning Renewal - SEL

Social Emotional Well-Being and Recovery through the Lens of Schools and Districts

Victoria Salinas, Maura Shramko, Isabelle Edwards, Erin Clancy
5 min read  
school bus on a country road
California Expanded Learning Opportunities

Uneven Recovery Between Urban and Rural Districts

Saayili Budhiraja, Thomas Pearson, Emmanuel Prunty, and Niu Gao
6 min read  
faculty meeting
North Carolina School Extension Programs

Meaning and Measurement: Studying Implementation to Understand Impact for State Sponsored Programs

Sarah Crittenden Fuller, Ph.D., Erin Manuel, Ph.D., and Rosie Miesner, Ph.D.
7 min read  
Teachers working together to problem solve
Metro Atlanta Recovery and Acceleration

Beyond Graphs and Numbers: Education Policy Impact in Atlanta

Tyler Rogers
6 min read  
preschool students being read to by a teacher
Chicago Skyline Early Literacy

Regaining Progress towards Educational Equity for the Youngest Learners in Chicago

Elaine Allensworth, Ph.D.
5 min read  
students working together at a table with the word kindness written on the board behind them
Illinois Learning Renewal - SEL

Betting on Social and Emotional Learning: Why Illinois’ biggest pandemic recovery investment is in social and emotional learning

Kimberly Kendziora, Ph.D.
4 min read  
Speakers presenting on culturally responsive research practice at the recent RESTART Network Forum

Practical Strategies for Developing Inclusive Events

Kylie Klein
9 min read  
Students sitting in front of a teacher
Recovery Needs and Activities - Scan and Synthesis

The $190 Billion Question: How is Public Education Recovering from the Pandemic?

Lyzz Davis
5 min read  
Teachers sitting in a circle in desks discussing a problem

The Power of an Advisory Board to Support Learning Recovery

Bobbi Newman
4 min read  
Elementary School Girl Raising her hand

Looking Beyond “Back to Normal” in Education Recovery

Susan Therriault
5 min read  
students listening
California Expanded Learning Opportunities

Working with Rural Schools on Education Research

Niu Gao, Jonathan Isler
5 min read