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Asthe pandemic raged on, school and district leaders struggled with decisions about school formats, making accommodations and adjustments to meet the changing health conditions in their community and new safety mandates. Correspondingly, the leaders wrestled in light of those decisions with concerns about student and staff emotional well-being and physical health. While many teachers, parents and students became more comfortable with the rhythm of remote digital learning during the past year, others still yearned for the tone and tenor of the traditional face-to-face classroom. The end of the school year and beginning of summer led school and district leaders to be cautiously optimistic about the 2021-22 school year. Some educators were fueled by a nostalgia to get back to the normalcy of“real school”and others brimmed with new ideas and programs for their schools. For educators from both perspectives, it cannot be denied that the experiences of the past 18 months and the lessons learned from that experience are influencing their mindset and plans for approaching the new school year.  \nA key input to understanding the impact of the experience of the past two school years is to reflect on how the pandemic and the implementation of new school models affected students’perceptions of school and learning, and their aspirations for greater agency in their educational destiny. As long documented in other Speak Up™ Research Project reports, too often educators make assumptions about students’ preferences based upon their own adult-centric worldview, rather than truly appreciating the authentic lived experiences of students themselves. Those assumptions can lead to decisions that are not necessarily in alignment with student needs, expectations, or aspirations. One example of how that is playing out for this new school year includes decisions being made by education leaders about whether to offer students a virtual school option. Are superintendents and school boards making those decisions based upon really understanding the preferences or needs of students and their parents, or are they predicating those judgements upon their own belief systems about face-to-face instruction as being best for all students?  \n“We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience.”  \n–John Dewey, American Educator and Author (1938)  \nBlackboard® | © Project Tomorrow 2021 FINDINGS FROM THE 2020-21 SPEAK UP RESEARCH PROJECT | 2  \nMeaningful reflection often begins with important questions. To help inform critical decisions for the 2021/2022 school year and beyond, this year’s digital learning trends report from Project Tomorrow® and Blackboard focuses on “Five Important Questions Every Education Leader Should Ask Today.” The questions propel us to think critically about what student agency and engagement really mean for today’s students. To support that critical reflection, we tap into the authentic feedback of over 50,000 K-12 students, parents, teachers, and administrators who participated in Speak Up 2020-21. This data provides research-based insights that can both clarify the needs of students and help educators see new solutions. Central to this reflection process is a spotlight on the authentic lived experiences of our students over the past 18 months even where those experiences seem to belie popular assumptions or media stories. 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