Students’ overall wellbeing declined this fall. They cite bullying and teasing as well as their struggle in the classroom academically as topline concerns.

Chronic absenteeism is on the rise since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog post discusses our DC sample’s attendance data and six common themes we heard from teams at two bright spot schools.

DC’s most vulnerable students have been disparately harmed social-emotionally and academically during the pandemic. We provide an update based on winter 2022 data and ask Council to prioritize an equitable, holistic recovery.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on student academic growth since abruptly ending in-person school in March, negative impacts on student well-being has been assumed, but less well understood.

This fall, EmpowerK12, in partnership with seven DC charter school networks and local school-based mental health experts, set out to learn how DC students feel about and experience life and school. This blog post summarizes key findings from the fall survey and shares promising practices implemented at participating schools as a result of the data.