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Zuo, George; Huguet, Alice; Steiner, Elizabeth D. – RAND Corporation, 2023
In this report, a nationally representative sample of kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) public school principals were asked about their experiences with covering classrooms and hiring staff. In the spring of the 2021-2022 school year, which coincided with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) omicron variant surge, most principals struggled…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
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Melissa Kay Diliberti; Heather L. Schwartz – RAND Corporation, 2024
Since its launch in the midst of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the American School District Panel (ASDP) has been used to monitor timely topics in kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) public education. Over time, ASDP surveys have coalesced around four key challenges that U.S. public school districts face today: school…
Descriptors: School Surveys, Teacher Surveys, School Districts, Educational Trends
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Diliberti, Melissa Kay; Schwartz, Heather L. – RAND Corporation, 2023
This survey wanted to obtain a national picture of teacher and principal turnover at the end of the 2021-2022 school year and districts' staffing shortages at the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year, researchers surveyed 300 district and charter network leaders in the American School District Panel from October to December 2022. Key findings…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, School Districts, Public School Teachers, Principals
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Schwartz, Heather L.; Diliberti, Melissa Kay – RAND Corporation, 2022
Media accounts have described kindergarten through 12th grade teaching staff shortages in 2021-2022 that were severe enough to temporarily close schools for in-person instruction in some areas. Although much has been written about the negative impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on teachers, less is known about the extent…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, Charter Schools, Labor Supply
Diliberti, Melissa; Kaufman, Julia H. – RAND Corporation, 2020
School districts across the United States have had to make many difficult decisions to prepare for the 2020-2021 school year amid the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A seemingly impossible dilemma dominated planning: Should schools reopen buildings to provide much-needed in-person instruction but potentially risk the health…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Disease Control
Kaufman, Julia H.; Diliberti, Melissa; Hunter, Gerald P.; Grant, David; Hamilton, Laura S.; Schwartz, Heather L.; Setodji, Claude Messan; Snoke, Joshua; Young, Christopher J. – RAND Corporation, 2020
In spring 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to an unprecedented and sweeping shift in the landscape of public schooling in the United States. Beginning in March, schools across the country closed their doors and adopted remote learning supports that varied in degree and type. In May 2020, researchers from the RAND…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Disease Control