COVID-19 and Schools

This book examines how COVID-19 pandemic affected U.S. teachers, students, parents, teaching practices, enrolments, and institutional innovations, offering first empirical findings exploring educational impacts likely to last for decades.

Introduction 1. COVID-19 and Schooling in the U.S.: Disruption, Continuity, Quality, and Equity 2. We're All Teachers Now: Remote Learning During COVID-19 3. Parent-Created "Schools" in the U.S. 4. Reopening America's Schools: A Descriptive Look at How States and Large School Districts Navigated Fall 2020 5. Are School Reopening Decisions Related to Funding? Evidence from over 12,000 Districts During the COVID-19 Pandemic 6. The Longer Students were Out of School, the Less They Learned 7. COVID-19 and School Closures: A Narrative Review of Pediatric Mental Health Impacts 8. The Pre-Pandemic Growth in Online Public Education and the Factors that Predict It 9. This Time Really Is Different: The Effect of COVID-19 on Independent K-12 School Enrollments 10. Opting Out: Enrollment Trends in Response to Continued Public School Shutdowns 11. COVID-19 Safety Concerns, School Governance Models, and Instructional Modes: An Exploration of School Quality Perspectives During the Pandemic 12. Teacher Morale, Job Satisfaction, and Burnout in Schools