[Updated January 18, 2021]
The following collection of resources may be helpful to families as well as local, state, and district leaders. This list is not official guidance from the PIE Network or its members and partners. Please refer to federal, state, and local education and public health officials for recommendations specific to your area.
Click on the drop downs below for resources specific to each area. We will update this list regularly; please check back. Have a resource you think could help other leaders make informed decisions? Let us know.
Key Federal Updates
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- Health Guidance & Updates
- COVID-19 Planning Considerations: Guidance for School Re-entry (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Action Tracker of State and Local Mitigation Strategies (American Enterprise Institute)
- School Settings | COVID-19 (Centers for Disease Control)
- Path to Zero & Schools: Achieving Pandemic Resilient Teaching and Learning Spaces (Harvard Global Institute)
- Risk Assessment and Testing Protocols for Reducing SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in K-12 Schools (Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security & Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy)
- Eleven States Now Letting Uninsured Sign Up for Obamacare (New York Times)
- Dashboard Tracks Coronavirus Cases In Schools Across 47 States (NPR)
- Reopening Public Schools: A Public Health Approach (Vital Strategies)
- Kids and COVID-19: What Parents Should Know (Yale School of Medicine)
- U.S. Department of Education Guidance & Updates
- Health Guidance & Updates
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RESOURCES FOR STATES
State Policy Action Clearing House
- How Governors and Mayors Can Support Schools So Schools Can Support Students (Aspen Institute)
- State Strategies on Select Issues in Reopening Public Schools (Bluum & Public Impact)
- Public Education Opportunity Grants Increasing Funding and Equity in Federal K-12 Education Investments (Center for American Progress)
- 7-Part COVID-19 Outline Series with Examples from 19 States (Education Commission of the States
- State Guidance on Reopening Schools: A Roundup (Education Week)
- Initial State Guidance on Summer Learning and Reopening Emphasize Uncertainty and Flexibility (ERN)
- How Governors Are Using Their CARES Act Education Dollars (FutureEd)
- Roadmaps to Reopening: States’ Guidance to Schools on Meals, Masks and More (FutureEd)
- State Child Care Actions In Response To COVID-19 (The Hunt Institute)
- Analysis of School Reopening Plans (Johns Hopkins University eSchool+ Initiative)
- Remote Learning Guidance from State Education Agencies During the COVID-19 Pandemic (MIT)
- State Reopening Tracker (National Governors Association)
- From Crisis to Opportunity: Recovering California’s Commitment to Equity (The Education Trust-West)
- COVID-19 response toolkit for education (UNESCO and McKinsey)
Food Access
- Pandemic EBT Guidance (The Education Trust & Hunger Free America)
- Food and Nutrition Service Guidance on Human Pandemic Response (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Addressing the Digital Divide
- How Courageous Schools Partnering with Local Communities Can Overcome Digital Inequalities During COVID-19 (Brookings Institute)
- #SendTheSignal: A Call for Federal Action to End the Digital Divide (Chiefs for Change)
- Closing the K–12 Digital Divide in the Age of Distance Learning (Common Sense Media)
- What Is Digital Equity, and How Can States Play a Role? (Foundation for Excellence in Education)
- With Schools Closed and Distance Learning the Norm, How Is Your District Meeting the Needs of Its Students? (The Education Trust & Digital Promise)
- Who’s relying on remote instruction, do they have the technology they need, and what are they learning? (The Education Trust – New York)
- The Digital Divide in Higher Education (The Education Trust-West)
Assessment & Accountability Updates
- State Accountability Systems in the COVID Era and Beyond (CRPE)
- From Pandemic to Progress: Eight Education Pathways to Covid-19 Recovery (Bellwether Education Partners)
- Making Next Year Count: Equity in School Accountability (Bellwether Education Partners)
- Refocusing the Priorities of Accountability (Bellwether Education Partners)
- Student Assessment During COVID-19 (Center for American Progress)
- CCSSO Releases Statement on Assessments in the Next Academic Year (CCSSO)
- COVID-19 Recovery Requires Education Data (Data Quality Campaign)
- Education Leaders Must Not Be Data Gatekeepers (Data Quality Campaign)
- Promoting Transparency and Maintaining Public Trust: Report Cards and the COVID-19 Crisis (Data Quality Campaign)
- Blueprint for Testing: How Schools Should Assess Students During the COVID Crisis (FutureEd)
- Equity in School-Year 2020-21 (National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment)
- NWEA Releases Policy Recommendations for Assessment and Accountability in a Post-COVID World (NWEA)
- COVID-19 Impact Memo 10: Assessment And Accountability (SCORE)
- This is Not a Test, This is an Emergency: Special Considerations for Assessing and Advancing
RESOURCES FOR DISTRICTS AND SCHOOLS
School Reopening: Online, In-Person, and Hybrid
- Eight school choice reforms for the coronavirus era (American Enterprise Institute)
- Hybrid Homeschooling (American Enterprise Institute)
- Too little, too late: A hard look at spring 2020 remote learning (American Enterprise Institute)
- Restart and Recovery: Considerations for Teaching and Learning (CCSSO)
- 3 Principles for Reopening Schools Safely During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Center for American Progress)
- COVID-19 Impact Memos (CORE)
- Uncharted Waters: How a Whole-System Approach to Continuous Improvement Can Help Districts Chart a Course to Equity and Excellence this Pandemic School Year (Education Resource Strategies)
- Reopening Resilient Schools (John Bailey in EducationNext)
- Keep Your Receipts: Authorizes and Charter School Financial Oversight, for COVID-19 and Beyond (National Association of Charter School Authorizers)
- Addressing Data Gaps During A Pandemic: How Authorizers Can Continue to Hold Charter Schools to High Standards (National Association of Charter School Authorizers & Bellwether Education Partners)
- Restart & Recovery: The Role of the School Leader (National Association of Secondary School Principals)
- The COVID Slide (NWEA)
- COVID-19 School District Map (The Hunt Institute)
- Partnership Supports Innovation in Tennessee Rural School Districts as They Respond to COVID-19 (TN SCORE, National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, and the Ayers Institute for Teacher Learning and Innovation
State and District Reopening and Distance Learning Plans
- Brief Overview of Spring/Summer Remote Learning and Fall Planning (Center on Reinventing Public Education)
- District Responses to COVID-19 School Closures Database (Center on Reinventing Public Education)
- First District Reopening Plans Illuminate Tradeoffs and Confusion In Politically Charged Environment (Center on Reinventing Public Education)
- The Response of Rural Districts to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University)
- COVID Resources (Charter School Growth Fund)
- Managing Through Uncertainty: District Responses to COVID-19 (ERS)
- Operating Schools in a Pandemic: Predicted Effects of Opening, Quarantining, and Closing Strategies (Mathematica)
- Considerations for Reopening Pennsylvania Schools (Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory)
- COVID Resources for Charter Schools (National Alliance of Public Charter Schools)
- Learning In Real Time: How Charter Schools Served Students During Covid-19 Closures (National Alliance for Public Charter Schools & Public Impact)
- District Policies for At-home Learning (Public Impact)
- Planning For Equity? An Initial Look at School District Instructional Continuity Plans for 2019-20 School Closures (The Education Trust – New York)
- Uncertain Times, Unanswered Questions: Educational Equity and School District Reopening Plans (The Education Trust-New York)
Instructional Toolkits
- Resources for Arts Educators during COVID-19 (Arts Education Partnership)
- District COVID-19 Response & Reopening Planning Tool (Center on Reinventing Public Education) & The Collaborative for Student Success)
- Approaches to Instruction During School Closure (Charter School Growth Fund)
- COVID Comeback Models (Education Resource Strategies)
- Developing COVID Comeback Models for Fall 2020 (Education Resource Strategies)
- COVID Resource Hub (Instruction Partners)
- Reentry Framework & Toolkit for Phase 1 (Instruction Partners)
- 2021 School Year Planning (National Institute on Excellence in Teaching)
- High-Quality Curriculum Implementation: Connecting What to Teach with How to Teach It (National Institute on Excellence in Teaching)
- Pandemic Planning for Distance Learning: Scenarios and Considerations for PreK-12 Education Leaders (New America)
- Equity Reset Toolkit: Re-envision Instruction Through Equitable Systems (Pivot Learning)
- Multi-classroom Leadership with Students and Teachers at Home (Public Impact)
- Multi-classroom Leadership with Students and Teachers in Multiple Locations (Public Impact)
- Success Academies Ongoing Learning Workshops (Robertson Center & Success Academies)
- Shifting to At-Home Learning (TNTP)
Addressing Equity in School Closure
- Decision-Making Amid Uncertainty: District Responses to COVID and Systemic Racism (Carnegie Corporation)
- Missing in the Margins: Estimating the Scale of the COVID-19 Attendance Crisis (Bellwether Education Partners)
- Attendance Playbook: Smart Solutions for Reducing Chronic Absenteeism in the Covid Era (FutureEd and AttendanceWorks)
- Lost in the Masked Shuffle & Virtual Void: Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness Amidst the Pandemic (Schoolhouse Connection)
- Distance Learning During COVID-19: 7 Equity Considerations for Schools and Districts (Southern Education Foundation)
- Estimates of Learning Loss in the 2019-2020 School Year (The Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University)
- Remote Learning Takes Center Stage (The Education Trust-New York)
- Reopening Stronger: Remote Learning & Educational Equity (The Education Trust-New York)
- Education Equity in Crisis: #Data4ThePeople but How? (The Education Trust-West)
Highschool and Postsecondary Success
- How To Center Equity In Advanced Coursework Testing During COVID-19 (Center for American Progress)
- Preparing American Students for the Workforce of the Future (Center for American Progress)
- The Colorado Roadmap to Work-Based Learning (Now Updated for Distance Learning Support) (Colorado Succeeds)
- Education Equity In Crisis: How To Address Learning, Promotions, Transitions And Grades In Light Of School And College Closures (EdTrust West)
- FAFSA & Homeless Youth: Challenges + Recommendations in the COVID-19 Era (SchoolHouse Connection)
Education Funding For States and Districts
- K-12 Funding Policy Responses to COVID-19 (Education Commission of the States)
- District Budget Decisions & Policy Implications (Edunomics Lab)
- Straight Talk In Financially Uncertain Times: How District Leaders Can Communicate the Messy Financial Landscape Coming Their Way (Edunomics)
- Reducing District Budgets Responsibly (EdResearch for Recovery)
Educator Policy
- The COVID-19 Crisis and Teacher Layoffs: Research on How to Mitigate Harm (CALDER)
- More Districts Should Seize the Opportunity to Improve Professional Learning for Teachers (Center on Reinventing Public Education)
- The Return: How Should Education Leaders Prepare for Reentry and Beyond? (Chiefs for Change)
- COVID-19 Teacher Preparation Policy Database (Deans for Impact)
- Here’s How COVID-19 Is Hurting Aspiring Teachers of Color and Three Ways We Can Fix It (Education Post)
- Supporting The Teaching Profession During Times Of Crisis (National Center on Education and the Economy)
- Teacher Preparation and Licensure During the COVID-19 Epidemic: Recommendations for State Leaders (TNTP)
Supports for Students with Disabilities
- Educating All Learners Alliance Resource Library (Educating All Learners Alliance)
- Special Education And Distance Learning: Supporting Students Through the Pandemic (Foundation for Excellence in Education)
- COVID-19 and Students with Disabilities (National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools)
- Top Tips for School Leaders During COVID-19 (National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools)
- Planning for Equity & Inclusion: A Guide to Reopening Schools (National Center for Learning Disabilities)
- Educational Equity & Coronavirus: Students with Disabilities (The Education Trust-New York)
- Specialized Support for Students with Diverse Learning Needs Engaged in At-Home Learning (TNTP)
- Free COVID19 Toolkit to Support Individuals with Autism (UNC School of Education)
Supports for English Learners
- Do’s and Don’ts of Ensuring Access for English Learners in Virtual Instruction (EdFirst)
- How Can State Leaders Support English Learners During COVID-19 and Beyond? (New America)
- Emergent Bilingual Students in the COVID-19 Crisis (Teach Plus)
- Educational Equity & Coronavirus: Focus On Multilingual Learners (The Education Trust-New York)
- Supporting multilingual learners (MLLs)/English language learners (ELLs) during the COVID-19 Shutdown (TNTP)
Social, Emotional, and Academic Development
- Reunite, Renew, and Thrive: SEL Roadmap for Reopening School (CASEL)
- How to Meet Students’ Social-Emotional and Academic Needs When Schools Reopen (New Schools Venture Fund)
- Policy Recommendations to Support Social, Emotional, and Academic Development: Fostering Connectedness in the Pandemic Era (The Aspen Institute)
- Integrating SEL in a Distance Learning World (Transforming Education)
RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS
Supports for Families & Students
- Student Relief Fund (Believe in Students)
- Caring for Preschoolers at Home (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
- Tangible Support For Undocumented Communities During COVID-19 (Immigrants Rising)
- Parenting During COVID-19 (Psychology Today)
- Resources for Parents, specifically Community Resources Access through SpringFour (Stand for Children)
- SwiftStudent, a free digital tool for college students to learn about the financial aid appeals process.
- COVID Tools, Resources & Supports–A clearinghouse for credible information and action steps (While At Home)
Food Accessibility Resources
- Child Meal Finder
- Find Your Local Food Bank (Feeding America)
- Find Community-Based Organizations and Emergency Food Providers (Why Hunger)
Resources for Getting Connected to the Internet
- Comcast Free Internet Offer
- Free WiFi for K12 and College Student Households (Charter Communications)
- Xfinity Wifi Hotspot Map (Xfinity)
Free Online Curriculum
- Boston Public Schools Pre-K Curriculum
- Free SAT Practice (College Board & Kahn Academy)
- Free Online Ivy League Courses
- IXL At Home Learning Hub (IXL Learning)
- EL Education Language Arts (K-8)
- Wit & Wisdom (K-8)
- Zearn (math K-5)
- Free, high-quality courses online from top professors for credit (Modern States)
- Core Knowledge Language Arts (preK-5)
- EngageNY (preK-12)
- Eureka Math (preK-12)
- K-18 Online Learning Platform (Uncommon Schools)
Resources for Learning at Home
- One Great Thing for Tomorrow (EdNavigator)
- Homeschool Quick Start Guide (HSLDA)
- Learn Everywhere- Activities & Resources (Learn Everywhere)
- List of Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions
- Parent and Family Digital Learning Guide (The US Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology)
- Resources for Learning from Home During COVID-19 School Closures (Thomas B. Fordham Institute)
- Resources for Learning at Home When Schools Close (TNTP)
- Pop Up Home School (Transcend Education)
- Activities for Families and Caregivers of Pre-School Children (UW Cultivate Learning)
- Wide Open School
Mental Health Supports
- Keep Calm, Practice Calm- An E-Book of Mindfulness Techniques (Calm Classroom)
- Socio-Emotional Distance Learning (Camp Timber)
- Social Emotional Resources: Ways to Cope in Trying Times (Committee for Children)
- Talking to Children About COVID-19: A Parent Resource. (National Association of School Psychologists)
- Portable Practices for Promoting Self Care (NNSTOY)
- Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus. (The Child Mind Institute)
RESOURCES FOR PIE NETWORK LEADERS AND TEAMS
Food Accessibility Resources
- Find Your Local Food Bank (Feeding America)
- Find Community-Based Organizations and Emergency Food Providers (Why Hunger)
Free Storage
General Resources
- SwiftStudent, a free digital tool for college students to learn about the financial aid appeals process.
- COVID Tools, Resources & Supports–A clearinghouse for credible information and action steps (While At Home)
- Student Relief Fund (Believe in Students)
- Free Internet Access to wifi for K12 and College Student Households (Charter Communications)
- Students in a Federal Work-Study (FWS) position may continue to be paid for the FWS hours they were scheduled to work (USDOE)
RESOURCES FOR PIE NETWORK LEADERS AND TEAMS
School Reopening: Online, In-Person, and Hybrid
- COVID-19 Strategic Planning Toolkit for Education & Nonprofit Leaders (Bellwether Education Partners)
- Reimagining Strategy in Context of the COVID-19 Crisis: A Triage Tool (Center for Community Investment)
- Making the Most of “Going Virtual” in Response to COVID-19 (Education First)
- Need to Create a Perfect Work From Home Policy? These Three Sentences are All You Need (Inc.)
- Remote Work Isn’t Working? Maybe Your Company Is Doing It Wrong (New York Times)
- Nonprofit Resources for Remote Work During the COVID-19 Outbreak (Tech Soup)
- Managing Remote Employees (The Management Center)
Advocating and Organizing in a Virtual Environment
- 7 Organizing Strategies in a Time of Social Distancing (Let’s Mobilize)
- Coronavirus Demands a Quantum Leap in Organizing (M+R)
- Tangible Online Organizing Tools to Consider (PIE Network)
- COVID-19 Crisis Comms Triage Kit (The Communications Network)
Financial Resources for Lean Budgetary Times
- Three Tips for Digital Fundraising (Do Big Things)
- Forgivable Paycheck Protection Loans For Nonprofits. Here’s How To Apply. (Forbes)
- Coronavirus Emergency Loans: Small Business Guide and Checklist (U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Leadership Sustainability
- Just because I’m a full-time education activist doesn’t mean I know what to do now (Chris Stewart)
- 5 Science-Backed Strategies to Build Resilience (Greater Good Magazine)
- How to Keep the Greater Good in Mind During the Coronavirus Outbreak (Greater Good Science Center)
- Self Compassion Break (Greater Good Science Center)
- Handling Chaos Podcast- Brooke Castillo
- The Making of a Corporate Athlete (Harvard Business Review)
- How to Lead Under Pressure and Remain Calm (Lolly Daskal)
Ashley Schmidt
Ashley is PIE Network's Senior Director of Member Engagement & Communications
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