How Schools Can Help Children Recover from COVID Closures

COVID-19 has created an unprecedented challenge for America’s K-12 schools. As policymakers and practitioners struggle to respond, they are weighing significant uncertainty and trade-offs that arise because of education, health, and budgetary concerns.

Top U.S. education experts including two faculty from Lehigh's College of Education Educational Leadership program, Kaitlin Anderson, assistant professor and Craig Hochbein, associate professor, provided recommendations and signed a statement to policymakers as they reopen schools and recover from the long absences from school buildings and the trauma that students experienced.