Superintendents and school leaders navigated hundreds of impossible decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. They needed quick, accurate, and trusted information about their students’ academic well-being, but districts weren’t positioned to start new partnerships or data sharing agreements during these tumultuous months. Their research staff were frequently managing public health logistics and staffing data, too.
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In April 2024, the RESTART Network hosted a two-day in-person forum to discuss accelerating student learning, fostering student connectedness, social emotional learning, and emerging research related to pandemic recovery. The forum brought together researchers, policymakers, leaders, and practitioners from across the country to share their knowledge, perspectives, and experiences.
This report provides updates on the well-being of students, as well as indicators of the overall health of the education system, including data on teachers, enrollment, and finances.
This study shares the results of a study analyzing changes in scores on the Pennsylvania Department of Education's school climate survey from a pre-pandemic year (2018/2019) to the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years, both of which were affect by COVID-19 and related policy changes.
This guidance series provides an overview of the current state of research and practices on afterschool and summer learning programs.
This brief examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on student achievement and progress toward academic recovery.
This journal article reviews recent literature on summer learning loss and considers the implications for post-pandemic learning loss.
This journal article estimates pandemic learning loss among second graders who have comorbid reading comprehension and word-problem solving difficulty.
This report focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic in the Kalamazoo Public Schools District in Kalamazoo, Michigan, which closed its doors to students from mid-March 2020 to June 2021. During this time, instruction transitioned from face-to-face to virtual, with students having three options for virtual instruction.
This journal article analyzes the relative risk of mental health problems among school children and their parents between 2020 and 2021.