A few years ago, thousands of high school principals across the country received a variation of the same email from a parent asking for “any information you can provide about enrolling.”
Only 19 COVID cases have been confirmed in 2,000-plus Baltimore City Public Schools students and staff since the district launched a weekly, asymptomatic testing program in March.
Keeping the community informed of what's possible will be important as district leaders spend multiple waves of COVID stimulus funding, says one superintendent.
The study, which links middle and high school achievement to postsecondary outcomes in five New England school districts, finds stark racial and socioeconomic gaps in enrollment at four-year colleges. But after students matriculate, disparities in who continues on toward graduation largely disappear.
Many school districts have put out little information about 2021 summer learning and enrichment plans. Moreover, many of the plans released are missing high-leverage strategies like tutoring, assessment data, and clear communication plans.
Though most jobs have changed dramatically over the last century, the framework on which the K-12 curriculum rests has not, curriculum designer Antonia Rudenstine says.
The achievement impact of COVID is shrinking in many grades, though students remain farther behind in math, according to Star assessments of 3.8 million students.
Districts reported lower kindergarten enrollment in 2020-21, which means returning students could alter the traditional makeup of the early grades this fall.
