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Tanya S. Wright; Lori Bruner; Amy Cummings; Katharine O. Strunk – Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, 2023
We conducted an instrumental case study to examine literacy instruction in K-3 classrooms in Michigan during the pandemic-impacted 2020-2021 school year. We sought to understand (a) how teachers described their literacy instruction before and during the COVID-19 pandemic; (b) the literacy instructional practices teachers implemented across…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, Literacy Education
Bryant Hopkins; Katharine O. Strunk; Tara Kilbride – Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, 2023
For most of the 2020-21 school year, Michigan was among the roughly 70% of states that let local school districts, with guidance from local health authorities, determine how and when students were welcomed back into school buildings. Using instructional modality data collected throughout the 2020-21 school year, this paper uncovers not only how…
Descriptors: In Person Learning, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Districts
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Tanya S. Wright; Lori Bruner; Amy Cummings; Katharine O. Strunk – Reading Research Quarterly, 2024
This instrumental case study is focused on understanding more about literacy instruction in K-3 classrooms during the pandemic-impacted 2020-2021 school year. The study aims to examine (a) how teachers described their literacy instruction before and during the COVID-19 pandemic; (b) the types of literacy instructional practices teachers…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Kindergarten, Early Childhood Teachers, Literacy Education
Bryant Hopkins; Katharine O. Strunk; Salem Rogers – Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, 2023
Educators and policymakers across the country have been raising alarms about a growing teacher shortage. In Michigan, teacher shortages were so severe in the 2018-19 school year that 2,500 classrooms were staffed by long-term substitutes --nearly ten times the number placed in classrooms five years prior. The COVID-19 pandemic has raised even…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, COVID-19, Pandemics, Public School Teachers
Ayesha K. Hashim; Hayley Weddle; Ogechi N. Irondi; Katharine O. Strunk – Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, 2023
Purpose: Prior research shows wide variation in student learning across contexts during the COVID-19 pandemic, but less is known about "why" such variation occurred or how particular response strategies may help districts navigate future crises. Research methods: Drawing on crisis leadership and organizational theory, we conducted a…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Academic Achievement, High Achievement
Bryant Hopkins; Katharine O. Strunk; Salem Rogers – Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised even greater concerns about a growing teacher shortage. In this study, administrative data on more than 140,000 Michigan traditional public and charter school teachers in an interrupted time series (ITS) framework is used to understand how teacher attrition and supply may have shifted after the onset of the…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Public School Teachers, Charter Schools, Public Schools
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Tanya S. Wright; Lori Bruner; Amy Cummings; Katharine O. Strunk – Grantee Submission, 2023
This instrumental case study is focused on understanding more about literacy instruction in K-3 classrooms during the pandemic-impacted 2020-2021 school year. The study aims to examine (a) how teachers described their literacy instruction before and during the COVID-19 pandemic; (b) the types of literacy instructional practices teachers…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Kindergarten, Early Childhood Teachers, Literacy Education