New report: Increase of 200% in Michigan schools going remote due to pandemic A new report on how K-12 students in Michigan have been educated during the pandemic has found a dramatic shift toward remote instruction in December. Of all school districts in Michigan, 32% switched from planning to offer some amount of in-person instruction to going fully remote only, which represents a 200% increase in the share of districts providing fully remote instruction.
The latest report is from Michigan State University’s Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, the strategic research partner of the Michigan Department of Education.
Katharine Strunk, director of the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, or EPIC, and the Clifford Erickson Distinguished Professor of Education Policy at MSU, believes this aligned with recent actions in the state to curb the spread of COVID-19.