school closures

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White House
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Keri D. Ingraham
December 30, 2020
Education Funding, School Choice

President Trump Issues Executive Order Expanding Educational Opportunity

Keri D. Ingraham
December 30, 2020
Education Funding, School Choice
President Trump’s December 28 executive order expands educational opportunity by providing emergency learning scholarships to disadvantaged K-12 students to access in-person learning. These grants meet an urgent need among low-income, special needs, and minority students who have been disproportionately affected by school closures. Read More ›
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Cañón del Sumidero, Mexico
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Keri D. Ingraham
December 22, 2020
Teaching, Unions

The Chasm Spanning Public and Private Schools Continues in a COVID-19 Era

Keri D. Ingraham
December 22, 2020
Teaching, Unions
There was a stark difference between public and private schools in how they handled the launch of the school year in mid-August to early September as a response to COVID-19. The situation is no different as 2020 comes to a close. Half of all U.S. public schools are closed either entirely or partially, as opposed to private schools who scrambled last summer to open on day one of their scheduled school year and have remained in full operation since. Read More ›
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Authentic school grounds. School backpacks and bags piled up outside a run down looking classroom. Lesson learning taking place inside room.
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Keri D. Ingraham
November 22, 2020
Students

A Mass Educational Exodus

Keri D. Ingraham
November 22, 2020
Students
School closures began last March, and today over half of K-12 public schools remain closed to in-person learning. It is estimated that upwards of three million students have cut ties with schooling. Read More ›
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Group of elementary school kids running at school, back view
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Keri D. Ingraham
October 22, 2020
Learning

Making Up for Lost Learning

Keri D. Ingraham
October 22, 2020
Learning
It’s no secret that the Coronavirus school closures have led to student learning loss. What is the plan to combat that loss? Read More ›
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Head erased with pencil
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Keri D. Ingraham
October 14, 2020
Learning

Staggering Learning Loss

Keri D. Ingraham
October 14, 2020
Learning
Students fortunate enough to have their school move toward a hybrid learning model may begin to return to campus two days per week. However, many districts implementing a hybrid learning format are only allocating four days a week to some form of student learning. Why? Read More ›
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Chasm in Little Petra, Jordan
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Keri D. Ingraham
September 21, 2020
Charter Schools, Education Reform, School Choice

The Chasm Spanning Public and Private School COVID-19 Responses

Keri D. Ingraham
September 21, 2020
Charter Schools, Education Reform, School Choice
Public schools demand campuses stay closed while the majority of private schools do whatever it takes to open. What would happen if K-12 education became a free market with competition as the driver? Would this elicit a different response from public schools? Read More ›