School accountability in the time of virus
We can’t hold schools accountable for academic results over the next three months. Too much is out of their control. But there are steps that they—and their districts, networks and states—can and should take to ensure that kids learn and to encourage transparency. Once they deploy online assignments, for example, what about simple counts of how many kids actually complete them? What steps are schools and teachers taking to contact, nudge and help those who aren’t?