This year, the coronavirus pandemic presented new hurdles for 55.1 million students and their families after 124,000 public and private schools closed nationwide. Despite these unprecedented challenges, policymakers and families responded quickly with innovative solutions, which helped to advance education choice in 2020. Here are eight examples of education choice wins from this year:
8 Education Choice Wins in 2020
The growth of learning pods is one of many innovative advancements for education choice that came about due to the coronavirus. Pictured: A project manager at a learning pod for homeless children in Los Angeles works with a young student. (Photo: Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)
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Jude Schwalbach is a research associate and project coordinator in education policy at The Heritage Foundation.
This year, the coronavirus pandemic presented new hurdles for 55.1 million students and their families after 124,000 public and private schools closed nationwide. Despite these unprecedented challenges, policymakers and families responded quickly with innovative solutions, which helped to advance education choice in 2020.