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 E-Mail About 42% of rural school districts in the U.S. offered fully in-person instruction as of February, compared with only 17% for urban districts, according to a new RAND Corporation survey of school district leaders. The opposite pattern held for fully remote learning: 29% of urban districts offered fully remote instruction compared with 10% of rural districts and 18% of suburban districts. The choice of in-person versus remote learning has important implications. Over a third of all U.S. school districts offering some form of remote instruction in early 2021 had shortened the school...

Misleading Report Fails to Provide Whole Picture of Survey Results Share Article Key New NEPC Review Takeaway: Policymakers looking for guidance about pandemic-induced challenges will have to look beyond the report’s title and recommendations and read deeper to get a complete picture. BOULDER, Colo. (PRWEB) February 16, 2021 The RAND Corporation recently released a report based on a national survey of school district superintendents and charter management organization (CMO) directors (or their designees) about their experience...

 E-Mail About two in 10 U.S. school districts have already adopted, plan to adopt or are considering adopting virtual schools after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new RAND Corporation study. The survey of district leaders indicates that virtual schooling was the innovative practice that most district leaders anticipated would continue, citing both student and parent demand for continuing various forms of online instruction. District leaders were united in their concerns about students' unequal opportunities to learn during COVID-19, which was among their top-rated challeng...