K-12 Schools: Moving Past Pandemic Recovery

This spring marks the anniversary when many Michigan schools and their students moved to remote learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As we move past this one-year mark, schools are returning to onsite learning. Teachers, parents and pupils are navigating the challenges of a mid-year transition.

IPPSR’s April 7 Public Policy Forum welcomes Douglas Harris, Tulane University professor of economics and author of the new book Charter School City. He’ll talk about lessons learned in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and lead off a discussion with leading Michigan educational leaders about public schools’ post-COVID recovery.

We’ll be looking beyond the pandemic to ask what challenges are ahead as parents, students and teachers transition to classroom education? What does K-12 education look like in a strong recovery? What changes and new models of learning are in Michigan’s present and future?

Panelist Biographical Information

Bryan Beverly, Ph.D., Director, K-12 Outreach, Office of K-12 Outreach, College of Education, Michigan State University
Doug Harris, Director, Education Research Alliance for New Orleans, Professor of Economics at Tulane University and Schlieder Foundation Chair in Public Education, Tulane University
Paula Herbart, President, Michigan Education Association
Nicholas Paradiso, Vice President of Government Relations & Partner Services, National Heritage Academies
Andraé Townsel, Superintendent, Benton Harbor Area Schools

See April 7th 2021 Panelist Biographies (.pdf)