Purpose: Nearly all schools in the United States closed in spring 2020, at the onset of the
COVID-19 pandemic. We analyze traditional public and charter school reopenings for the …

This study examines competing justice claims that stakeholders policymakers, district
leaders, families, and educators evoked during the 2020 COVID-19 New York City school …

After near-universal school closures in the United States at the start of the pandemic,
lawmakers and educational leaders made plans for when and how to reopen schools for the …

K‐12 public school teachers faced unprecedented and novel disruptions in their workplace
during the first entire school year of the COVID‐19 pandemic, leading to concerns about …

The recent spike in book challenges has put school libraries at the center of heated political
debates. I investigate the relationship between local politics and school library collections …

While scholars and public figures have positioned the COVID-19 pandemic as an
opportunity for school reform, the response to this potential for change by teachers remains …

ABSTRACT During the 2020–21 school year, Black students were less likely to learn in
person than white students. We examine whether this difference persisted as the pandemic …

School meals play a vital role in supporting student health. Access to school meals was
disrupted during COVID-19-related school closures, impacting student nutritional intake and …

Recent controversies have highlighted the importance of local school district governance,
but little empirical evidence exists evaluating the quality of district policymakers or policies …

The factors that influenced school districts' decisions to offer virtual, hybrid, or in-person
instruction during the 2020-21 school year—the first full school year after the emergence of …