Misleading Report Fails to Provide Whole Picture of Survey Results
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Key New NEPC Review Takeaway: Policymakers looking for guidance about pandemic-induced challenges will have to look beyond the report’s title and recommendations and read deeper to get a complete picture. BOULDER, Colo. (PRWEB) February 16, 2021 The RAND Corporation recently released a report based on a national survey of school district superintendents and charter management organization (CMO) directors (or their designees) about their experiences navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.
David Garcia of Arizona State University reviewed Remote Learning Is Here to Stay and found some issues with one of its two recommendations.
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About two in 10 U.S. school districts have already adopted, plan to adopt or are considering adopting virtual schools after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
The survey of district leaders indicates that virtual schooling was the innovative practice that most district leaders anticipated would continue, citing both student and parent demand for continuing various forms of online instruction.
District leaders were united in their concerns about students unequal opportunities to learn during COVID-19, which was among their top-rated challenges for the 2020-2021 school year.
However, in districts where at least 50% of students are Black or Hispanic/Latino or at least 50% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch rate, leaders also continued to rank fundamentals like internet and technology access as greatest needs. In contrast, leaders of the remaining districts more heavily emphasized student mental health and high-qua