Culminating Activity: COVID-19 Impact on Education
Federal, state, and local government through Policy, NGOs, philanthropists have long influenced K–16 education in the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic may provide increased opportunity to influence educational conditions and magnify options for education.
Write a 2,500-word policy paper, including references, that describes the effects, current impact on education during the pandemic and project what differences, opportunities, advantages, and challenges manifested themselves as a result of the pandemic.
Reflect on the following questions in your essay:
- What changes will endure post–COVID-19?
- What powers and authority related to education will be altered?
- What powers and authority should be altered? How might this work, and what might it look like in practice?
- What policies may be impacted, disrupted?
- What best practices would you recommend moving forward, both in the immediate future and in the long run?
Generalize your judgments regarding school leadership to create a model that you would advocate for to promote student achievement and well-being observed during the pandemic for education post–COVID-19.
Cite 6 sources to support your arguments. Same from week 2.
