{"id":13197,"date":"2020-08-21T13:17:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T17:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/?post_type=resource&p=13197"},"modified":"2022-11-03T14:14:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T18:14:55","slug":"education-policy-issues-for-the-covid-19-era-policy-actions-and-responses-to-leverage-the-moment-for-future-readiness","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/resource\/education-policy-issues-for-the-covid-19-era-policy-actions-and-responses-to-leverage-the-moment-for-future-readiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Policy Issues for the COVID-19 Era: Policy Actions and Responses to Leverage the Moment for Future Readiness"},"content":{"rendered":"

As school districts deliberate over reopening schools with the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing, we\u2019ve developed this report with strategic guidance on how to harness our current opportunity to transform K-12 education.<\/p>\n

Education Policy Issues for the COVID-19 Era: Policy Actions and Responses to Leverage the Moment for Future Readiness <\/em>offers insights and recommendations on 10 critical issues identified through our technical assistance in the field and work with education policy decision-makers around the country. These include:<\/p>\n

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  1. Using Blended, Competency-Based Learning as an Entry Point for Innovation<\/li>\n
  2. Moving Away from Seat Time Credits to Awarding Credit Based on Demonstrated Mastery<\/li>\n
  3. Re-Examining Grading Policies<\/li>\n
  4. Rethinking Assessment and Addressing the Need for Balanced Systems of Assessments to Measure Student Learning<\/li>\n
  5. Examining the Purpose of Accountability<\/li>\n
  6. Creating Flexibility and Multiple Pathways for Graduation Requirements<\/li>\n
  7. Ensuring All Communities Have the Necessary Technology Infrastructure and Internet Access<\/li>\n
  8. Supporting Students with Disabilities<\/li>\n
  9. Ensuring Students Have Continued Access to Meals during School Closures<\/li>\n
  10. Prioritizing Future Readiness for Pandemic Preparedness and Continuity of Learning<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Building the capacity for educators to redesign toward a competency-based, learner-centered system is no easy task with the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Education Policy Issues for the COVID-19 Era <\/em>concludes with a 10-point program with principles that lay the groundwork for the reforms our system urgently needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    As school districts deliberate over reopening schools with the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing, we\u2019ve developed this report…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13403,"template":"","issue":[61,384,385,377,389,386,388,398,375,392,397,382,442,378,379],"organizations":[],"resource_topics":[145,149,150,190],"resource_types":[28],"class_list":["post-13197","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","issue-federal-policy","issue-harness-opportunities-in-essa-federal-policy","issue-redefine-student-success","issue-state-policy","issue-create-meaningful-qualifications","issue-increase-access-to-broadband","issue-redesign-accountability-systems-for-continuous-improvement","issue-build-balanced-systems-of-assessments","issue-design-for-educational-equity","issue-develop-educator-capacity","issue-create-space-to-pilot-systems-of-assessments","issue-create-pilots-and-innovation-zones","issue-base-learning-on-mastery-not-seat-time","issue-fund-innovation","issue-create-enabling-conditions-for-competency-based-education","resource_topics-policy","resource_topics-competency-education","resource_topics-personalized-learning","resource_topics-education-policy","resource_types-report"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEducation Policy Issues for the COVID-19 Era: Policy Actions and Responses to Leverage the Moment for Future Readiness - 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