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. 
 
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Week of 2/7: Disruptions Plummet

Disruptions dropped dramatically this week to levels not seen since October. NCES published district level enrollment figures for 2020/21. This past...

Week of 1/31: Re-Mapping Mask Mandates

Disruptions continued their decline from last week. This week we introduce a revised Mask Policy Tracker that details the Top 500 districts across...

Week of 1/24: Slowdown

Last week we saw a gradual slowdown in disruptions across the US as schools that closed or went virtual over MLK Weekend reopened for in-person...

Week of 1/17: Long Weekend

Late this week there was an acceleration of disruptions across the country beyond the Northeast and Midwest regions that had seen the bulk of issues...

1/12 Update: Heading West

School disruptions slowed to start this week as the majority of the schools that were virtual last week did open back up for in-person learning....

Week of 1/10: Disruptions Update

We saw a continued rise in school disruptions as last week went on, driven by staff shortages. Several thousand schools that were virtual or closed...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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