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 8/2: Testing School Openings

Just over 10 percent of US K-12 students start school this week, with the majority of students in Hawaii, Mississippi, Arizona and Georgia starting,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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