COVID-19 and the Classroom: How Schools Navigated the Great Disruption presents social science research that explores how schools navigated the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic from March 2020 through the 2020-21 school year. This book also serves as a history book, documenting what this period was like for those involved in the enterprise of educating children. The book is divided into three sections, allowing for an in-depth exploration of the pandemic’s impact. The first section examines how teachers, parents, and school leaders experienced the pandemic, including what this looked like when schools first closed for in-person instruction. Part two explores how schools reopened, both in the United States and abroad, and discusses the trade-offs associated with these decisions. This section also explored how private schools fared and the rise of “pandemic pods”. The book concludes with a look at how a range of teacher preparation programs continued their work in uncertain times. This volume represents one of the first to share scholarship on how schools negotiated the COVID-19 crisis.

Contributions by: Martha Bradley-Dorsey, Jodie Brinkman, Katrina Brown-Aliffi, Dick Carpenter, Carol Cash, Maegan Dayton, Joshua Dunn, Charles Glenn, Michelle Hicks, Samantha Hope, Savanna Love, Robert Maranto, Sarah Marrs, Neal P. McCluskey, Kim McKnight, Natalie Neugebauer, Emiola Oyefuga, Gabrielle Pickover, Maria Pitre-Martin, Christine Powell, Ted Price, Rodrigo Queiroz e Melo, LaRon Scott, David Shannon, Parinita Shetty, Deja Trammell, Angela Watson, Sarah Woods, Diana Yesbeck