1/5 Update: New Year Begins
Since last week we saw a rise in school disruptions driven by Covid 19 cases, in particular among staff. In this report we introduce a new...
Burbio School Tracker
Our K-12 Spending and Policy insights newsletter highlighting key data points from our proprietary research, covering school funding, budgets, board meetings, strategic plans, enrollment, leadership, and more.
12/31 Update: : Approaching the New Year
We are sending this update before the holiday weekend as announcements among districts are winding down for the week. Burbio's School Opening Tracker...
Dennis Roche
Dec 31, 2021
12/23: Latest Updates
We continue to see an increase in school closures due to Covid 19, in particular in pockets of the Northeast and Mid Atlantic where states such as...
Dennis Roche
Dec 23, 2021
Week of 12/20: Heading into Break
We have seen an increase in disruptions beginning the week of December 20th as well as in early January due to rising Covid 19 rates in pockets of...
Dennis Roche
Dec 19, 2021
Week of 12/13: 600+ Michigan Closures
School closures have slowed down since the November period, outside of a major spike in Michigan related to the shooting at Oxford High School which...
Dennis Roche
Dec 12, 2021
Week of 12/6: Moving Past "Getting By"
We saw a smaller increase in disruptions this week versus the November period. Some districts are closing for days in advance of Christmas. We...
Dennis Roche
Dec 5, 2021
Week of 11/29: Mapping Mental Health
Closure announcements continued to rise as we identified more schools that were closed during Thanksgiving Week, as well as a growing number of...
Dennis Roche
Nov 28, 2021
Week of 11/22: Closures Continue
While slightly below last week's increase we continued to see a bigger increase in school closings this week than we saw in September and October....
Dennis Roche
Nov 21, 2021
Week of 11/15: A New Dynamic
Closure numbers went up quite a bit this week as the trend of disruptions caused by staffing issues and "mental health" breaks accelerated. This week...
Dennis Roche
Nov 14, 2021
Week of 11/8: Recharge, Reset
Closure numbers went up slightly this week as we started to see staffing issues and "mental health" virtual periods enter the mix. Districts across...
Dennis Roche
Nov 7, 2021
Week of 11/1: Test-to-Stay's Early Days
Closure numbers this week are similar to the last few weeks. This week we look at the recent increase in mask-optional districts and the prevalence...
Dennis Roche
Oct 31, 2021
Week of 10/25: Closures by State
Closure numbers this week were similar to the last few weeks (the up-to-date map can be found at the top of our School Opening Tracker page). This...
Dennis Roche
Oct 24, 2021