Week of 4/12: Outlook for the End of the Year
We saw a 4.1% increase in the percentage of K-12 students attending traditional school this week as both virtual and hybrid continued to drop. The...
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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 4/5: Where Hybrid Predominates
The percent of K-12 students attending traditional schools increased this week as both virtual and hybrid declined for the second straight week,...
Dennis Roche
Apr 4, 2021
Week of 3/29: Year to Date Trends
This week represents the first time in our tracker that the percent of students attending virtual schools dropped in a given week and the percentage...
Dennis Roche
Mar 28, 2021
Week of 3/22: Where It Is Still Virtual
Over half of US K-12 students now attend schools with traditional learning and less than twenty percent attend virtual-only schools. The new 3 feet...
Dennis Roche
Mar 21, 2021
Week of 3/15: Executive Actions
The number of students attending virtual dropped by 2.9% this week to 20.8%. Middle and high school students returned to in-person learning a bit...
Dennis Roche
Mar 14, 2021
Week of 3/8: California Lagging
This week the percent of students attending "virtual" schools dropped to under 25% on a national level. "Always Virtual" regions are returning their...
Dennis Roche
Mar 7, 2021
Week of 3/1: The Long Phase-Ins
This week the percent of students attending "virtual" schools dropped by over three percentage points as 'Always Virtual' areas continue returning...
Dennis Roche
Feb 28, 2021
Week of 2/22: K-5 Crosses 50% Traditional
This week the number of K-12 students attending virtual-only schools dropped below one-third for the first time as "Always Virtual" regions continued...
Dennis Roche
Feb 21, 2021
Week of 2/15: Mapping the CDC Guidelines
This week the number of K-12 students attending virtual-only schools continued to drop, albeit at a slower rate than recent weeks as the part of the...
Dennis Roche
Feb 14, 2021
Week of 2/8: Breakthroughs & Breakdowns
This week the number of K-12 students attending virtual-only schools dropped to its lowest point since we began tracking the index as "Always...
Dennis Roche
Feb 1, 2021
Week of 2/1: States of Education
This week 'virtual-only' learning continued to drop, albeit at a slower pace than previous weeks.
Dennis Roche
Jan 31, 2021
Week of 1/25: School Splits
This week we saw the biggest drop in "virtual-only" students since September as many districts returned to in-person learning after precautionary...
Dennis Roche
Jan 24, 2021