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Classes went online,1 school meal distribution became grab-and-go,2 and extracurricular activities and services were paused.3 Over the summer and into the fall, the debate over reopening took center stage, as school leaders struggled to answer how and when it would be safe to return to the classroom.  \nThe Center for American Progress has been tracking key trends during remote learning and school reopening efforts across the United States. CAP has also applied a racial equity lens to understand how different communities, educators, and students have been affected by these trends. Throughout the past year, states, school districts, and schools across the country have taken vastly different approaches to education. As districts and schools plan for the upcoming school year and life after the pandemic, these trends can help inform best practices to apply and pitfalls to avoid. It is important to note that because most decisions around responding to the pandemic and reopening schools were left to districts and schools, national, and even state-level, data are limited. As such, looking at trends and individual examples is one of the most effective ways to understand what has been happening in education during the past year.  \nTrend 1: School reopening  \nBy March 25, 2020,4 all public school buildings in the United States had closed in response to the rising threat of the coronavirus. Schools in all but two states, Wyoming and Montana,5 remained closed through the end of the school year. Over summer 2020, every state developed reopening plans,6 providing recommendations to districtson everything from academics and health mitigation measures to food and nutrition and school transportation. These plans resulted in a patchwork of in-person, hybrid, and fully remote education in the fall. At the start of the 2020-21 school year, four states—Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, and Texas—required in-person instruction tobe available in all or some grades.7 While many schools did reopen their doors in some capacity, 74 percent of the 100 largest school districts in the country started the year with remote-only instruction models, affecting more than 9 million students.8  \nIn schools that did reopen for in-person learning, a range of health mitigation steps were implemented. In their reopening plans, 40 states recommended that districts require or recommend masks, four called for requiring masks for staff only, and seven did not provide a suggestion or cautioned against mandates.9 An October survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that just  \n65 percent of middle and high school students reported their classmates wore masks all the time in the classroom.10 Most states also recommended temperature checks and symptom screenings,11 despite the CDC not recommending them due to inaccuracy. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has explained that temperature readings can fluctuate based on weather and will not capture asymptomatic carriers or those for whom fever isnot a symptom.12 An Education Week survey found that the most common safety measures being promoted were hand-washing and hand-sanitizing; requirements that sick or exposed students and staff stay home; more intensive cleaning; and mask requirements.13 The least common measures reported were COVID-19 testing for students and staff, social distancing on school buses, prohibiting eating in cafeterias, and upgraded ventilation. The CDC recommends using these strategies when possible in its Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools recommendations.14 By November 2, 2020, significantly more school districts were offering some inperson instruction. Nineteen percent of districts remained fully remot","cbCainpsU5PvQPE6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainpsU5PvQPE6","pdf",675569,17,"English","# Trend 1: School reopening\n## Closure and reopening plans\n## Health mitigation measures\n## Disparities in access and outcomes","[{\"question\":\"What happened to U.S. public schools when COVID-19 escalated in March 2020?\",\"answer\":\"By March 25, 2020, all public school buildings in the United States had closed in response to the rising coronavirus threat.\"},{\"question\":\"How did districts implement reopening during the 2020-21 school year?\",\"answer\":\"States developed reopening plans that produced a mix of in-person, hybrid, and fully remote education. At the start of 2020-21, many large districts used remote-only instruction, and others shifted to hybrid or fully in-person models.\"},{\"question\":\"What barriers are described for students who lacked access to effective remote learning?\",\"answer\":\"The text emphasizes that students of color and students in poverty were less likely to have access to technology and high-speed internet, and they often lacked educational supports that enable successful learning at home.\"}]","Remote Learning and School Reopenings - What Worked and What Didn’t | PDF",1792044043,43]