Week 58
It is week 58 of our new reality and for many students around the country, we have entered the last two months of this fragmented and disrupted school...
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Week 56
It is week 56 of our new reality and in states across the country education advocates are hard at work to put the policies in place to help students o...
Week 54
It is week 54 of our new reality and our educational recovery continues to pick up steam with big steps forward in vaccines, guidelines and money.
Week 52
One year ago, you received the first issue of The New Reality Roundup. In our opening letter we wrote, “As the needs of our students shift dramatic...
Week 50
It is week 50 of our new reality and the debate over the right path forward for K-12 education in America shows no signs of slowing down.
Week 48
It is week 48 of our new reality and after 11 months of disrupted education for the majority of American school children, local leaders in communities...
Week 46
It is week 46 of our new reality and as we approach the one-year mark since school buildings in many states were shuttered, it is clear that despite t...
Week 44
When we have written about our “new reality” in this roundup the past 44 weeks, we have used that phrase to refer to a pandemic that has created a...
Week 40
It is week 40 of our new education reality and as 2020 comes to a close, we wanted to use this last roundup of the year to look back with gratitude on...
Special Edition: Week 30
Back in January, we shared the 50CAN network’s 43 legislative goals for 2020. When school buildings closed in March, we threw out the campaign rul...
Week 7
We’ve now reached the seventh week of our new education reality. Nearly all states--43 of 50--have announced they will not reopen school buildings t...
Week 2
Today is the second week of a new educational reality in America. Here is where things stand: 46 states have decided to close schools, resulting in ...