CER action series
THREE YEARS AFTER COVID ENDED, WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS WERE ADVERSELY AFFECTED, ESPECIALLY THOSE KEPT OUT OF SCHOOL.
This week Congress will investigate the role that special interests played in keeping schools closed. But others remained open, without permission, delivering great education in person and hybrid to students without skipping a beat. Here is a glimpse of some of the most remarkable contributions made to education during that time. Their efforts are a testament to the fact that schools could have been opened sooner safely despite the pandemic.
latest events
WATCH: Against All Odds, Brick and Mortar Charter Schools Open for Learning
Video: May 12, 2021
WATCH: Children's Social, Emotional & Mental Health During COVID-19
Video: September 11, 2020
WATCH: Countering Covid With Education Innovation – A Look At Pennsylvania’s Example Video: April 14, 2021
Video: April 14, 2021
resources
Action WATCH: The Existential Union Threat to Charter Schools
How unions work to restrict educational options.
WATCH: Innovation in Action
Learn how innovators are helping students, families and schools address the challenges of COVID-19.
READ: The Future of Schools
CER’s report sets a new course for policymakers, advocates and families and educators to follow as we work to reshape education during (and after) COVID-19.
news & editorials
Action READ: National Achievement And COVID Education Inequities Demand A New Model Of Schooling
FORBES: October 29, 2020
READ: PARENTS SHOULD HAVE POWER ON EDUCATION
PITTSBURG TRIBUNE-REVIEW: October 21, 2020
READ: Who's In Charge? A Primer On Power, Money And School Reopening
FORBES: July 30, 2020
Education Success Stories During Covid
LOUISIANA KEY ACADEMY
A charter school serving Dyslexic kids in Baton Rouge, Louisiana was the first to hope in the state, around July 9, a month before school would have even started. They not only grew during that time and since but successfully educated students.
THE DISCOVERY CENTER
A science museum in Springfield, MO not only opened to provide emergency childcare & education free to the children of first respondersduring COVID-19 when the public schools stayed shut, opened and licensed two more facilities during the pandemic and started a preK-8 school.
FRIENDSHIP PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS
While Washington, DC District employees were told to stay home and not engage in any education, every Friendship employee engaged to help students and opened back up a year before traditional public schools.