The Hoover Education Success Initiative fellows and the education leaders of the Practitioners Council have collaborated on the anthology How to Improve Our Schools in the Post-COVID Era, released in May 2021. The coronavirus pandemic disrupted the education of America’s 56 million public school students. The impacts were significant for everybody but were worst for disadvantaged students. The consequence has been a widening of the previous inequalities among students in knowledge and skills. This volume explores how the needs and possibilities for improvement in vital policies and programs have changed since the start of the pandemic. It aims to set a course for better results for the country’s public schools; just returning to the schools of 2019 will leave the nation worse off. The future well-being of individuals, families, communities, and the nation will require changes in purpose and practice. The Hoover education scholars and the Practitioners Council with their unbridled commentary deliver clear options for discussion and debate.
How to Get Involved
Thank you for your interest in How to Improve Our Schools in the Post-COVID Era. The entire volume and individual chapters are downloadable for personal use. Each chapter also is accessible online through the links on this page. At the end of each chapter, we invite readers to participate a discussion of the issues and recommendations.
A Message From Hoover Director Condoleezza Rice
Table Of Contents
Introduction
by Margaret (Macke) E. Raymond
Learning Losses - What To Do About Them
by Margaret (Macke) E. Raymond
Testing: Education’s Indispensable GPS
by Chester E. Finn, Jr.
Results-Based Accountability for Schools: Education’s Heaviest Lift
by Chester E. Finn, Jr.
Budgeting During and For Recovery
by Eric A. Hanushek
COVID-19, High School, And The “Both And” World
by Margaret (Macke) E. Raymond
Does the World Change for Teachers?
by Eric A. Hanushek
Expand School Choice And Provide Fiscal Relief To Districts
by Paul E. Peterson
Post-Pandemic Portfolio Schools
by Paul E. Peterson
Conclusions
by Margaret (Macke) E. Raymond
The Hoover Education Success Initiative (HESI) focuses on providing state leaders with sound research-based recommendations to improve education in America.
