If the 2019 school year was when things derailed, and 2020 was the year we did the best we could in an impossible situation, 2021 is poised to be the moment the nation turns the page and doubles down on education as a post-COVID priority.
These questions will help ensure the residency is suited to your system's local context, fits your recruitment needs and is sustainable in size, structure and implementation.
While this last year was full of challenges, there are key areas to learn from and consider to help ensure a successful transition back to full-time classroom learning.
In the past few years, the state has routed new education funding through a student-weighted formula designed to give more cash to the neediest school districts, taking into account student poverty and English language fluency.
The city will pick up the tab for taxis to ferry homeless students and those with disabilities back from its summer school program after facing criticism from advocates who said the education department's transportation plans violated the law.
