Week of 7/26: Staggered Start
The first K-12 schools opened this week and rising Covid 19 rates haven't affected announced start plans. We continue to note trends in testing and...
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.
Week of 7/19: Fallback Plans
This week we look at districts who are dropping virtual learning days into their ongoing schedules, trends in Covid-19 testing, mask mandate changes...
Dennis Roche
Jul 18, 2021
Week of 7/12: First to Open
This week we highlight districts starting the school year earliest of those that were hybrid or virtual at the end of the 2020/21 school year. The...
Dennis Roche
Jul 11, 2021
Week of 7/5: What's Uncertain
Burbio's data was the basis for a study published on June 29th in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on disparities in learning...
Dennis Roche
Jul 4, 2021
Week of 6/28: Indexing Versus Year Ago
This week we look at early indications of district spending plans based on the recent stimulus, as well as some major retailers and how their...
Dennis Roche
Jun 27, 2021
Week of 6/21: In Just Six Weeks
In addition to observations from across the US, we note the impending school start dates for 2021/22 that are coming up in early August.
Dennis Roche
Jun 20, 2021
Week of 6/14: The Year in Maps
In addition to observations from across the US, this week we feature a look back on in-person trends over the course of the year with a series of...
Dennis Roche
Jun 13, 2021
Week of 6/7: Virtual Here to Stay
K-12 transitions have come to a close as the numbers are now fixed for the balance of the year, with just over 30% of US K-12 students attending...
Dennis Roche
Jun 6, 2021
Week of 5/31: No More Distancing
This week we feature a "Year-In-Review" summary of in-person learning in big city districts versus the balance of the country as well as evolving...
Dennis Roche
May 30, 2021
Week of 5/24: Mapping Mask Mandates
Transitions slowed to a crawl this week but we did see some interesting policy movement at the state and local level with regard to re-openings. We...
Dennis Roche
May 23, 2021
Week of 5/17: Masks And Schools
Transitions are almost complete and we expect the academic year to end with roughly 30% of US K-12 students attending either hybrid or virtual...
Dennis Roche
May 16, 2021
Week of 5/10: Cities and the Transition to Traditional
As the year comes to a close there are very few transitions - from virtual to in-person, or from hybrid to traditional - left to be made, so the...
Dennis Roche
May 9, 2021