Students & Families

COVID-19 Is Worsening Already Critical Teacher Shortages, Potentially Jeopardizing School Openings

This news report emphasizes the pandemic impact on teacher shortages and school openings. Policymakers are searching for ways to grow the teacher workforce with policy solutions.

Historic Crisis, Historic Opportunity: Using Evidence to Mitigate the Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis on Young Children and Early Care and Education Programs

This report explores new resources to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on education programs through policy changes.

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the child care sector: Evidence from North Carolina

This article investigates the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 among providers, communities, and the county child care market in North Carolina.

Use of Personalized Learning Platforms in One Pandemic-Era Microschool: A Case Study

This report examines the effects of microschool on the social, emotional, and educational development of children during the pandemic at Southern Nevada Urban Micro Academy (SNUMA).

The Response of Rural Districts to the COVID-19 Pandemic

From the report: "Given the major disruptions to students’ daily lives as well as the education field more generally caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, NCRERN was interested in learning how its partner districts navigated mandatory school closures and the shift to online learning, as well as identifying ways that NCRERN could support the short- and long-term needs of rural educators.

The Overlooked

From the report: "Over the past 18 months, the parents of an estimated 10.8 million students, or nearly one in five of the nation’s schoolchildren, did not get what they wanted from their child’s school. These families are not a monolith — they represent a diverse range of communities found across America, both in terms of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Families’ preferences for their children’s education in the fall of 2020 looked very different from their preferences in any previous year.

Supports For Students Who Are English Learners

This brief from EdResearch for Recovery investigates methods on how to improve social, emotional, and educational support towards English learners and their families.

School Practices To Address Student Learning Loss

This brief from EdResearch For Recovery studies the impact of learning loss on grade-level retention among students.

Restart & Recovery: Leveraging Federal COVID Relief Funding & Medicaid to Support Student & Staff Wellbeing & Connection: Opportunities for State Education Agencies

This report from Annenberg Institute at Brown University discusses community preferences for re-opening schools during the pandemic- what strategies and policies should be implemented to gain public support.

14 Charts that helped us better understand COVID's impact on students, teachers and schools

From unfinished learning to missing students and lost earnings, these charts help explain the pandemic's long-term impact.