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The Fordham Institute
A Window on Teachers’ Hybrid Work Experience in the First Phase of the Pandemic
Feb 14, 2022
Jeff Murray, Ohio Operations & Editorial Manager at the Fordham Institute, wrote a comprehensive summary and review of Lora Bartlett's 2022 Educational Researcher brief on the variations and specifications from the teachers' perspective. You can read his review here: Fordham
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The Chalkboard Life
February 12, 2022
Hybrid Models
In a February 12th, 2022 blog post, long time educator and law school professor David Thompson featured the Suddenly Distant hybrid model research published by Lora Bartlett in Educational Researcher. As a self-professed advocate for hybrid teaching, his appreciation for our call to distinguish among models is especially notable. We agree with his view that the type of hybrid learning he favors is different from the structural hybrid teaching models we identified. And we appreciate his recognition of the value specifying models brings to the conversation.
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The Hechinger Report
January 17, 2022
Proof Points
A January 17, 2022 article about the Suddenly Distant Project findings on hybrid models and the implications for teachers' work was written by Jill Barshay and produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.
Combining Remote and in-person learning led to chaos, study finds
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Voices of Monterey Bay
October 15, 2021
We were pleased to be featured by Ryan Loyola, UC Santa Cruz undergraduate and journalist, in Voices of Monterey Bay. Voices of Monterey Bay (VOMB) is a not-for-profit bilingual news organization serving Monterey and Santa Cruz counties. It was launched in 2017 by veteran local journalists who believe the region needs a new journalistic vision, while providing a central location for people who have been ignored by the traditional media to express themselves or to report news from their neighborhoods.
EdWeek
October 15, 2021
By Beth Pandolpho
Beth Pandolpho drew on our EdWeek essay series in making her persuasive argument that achieving teacher wellness requires structural organizational and conceptual changes to teacher working conditions. She says "There is so much that we can’t change about the pandemic, but what we can do is offer our teachers autonomy, respect, flexibility, and gratitude as these are not finite resources; we just need to get our priorities straight to be willing to provide them."
Beth Pandolpho is an instructional coach in central New Jersey and a former high school English teacher. Her book I’m Listening: How Teacher-Student Relationships Improve Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening was published by Solution Tree in 2020. You can follow her on Twitter @bethpando and learn more about her work at www.bethpandolpho.com.
EdWeek: A Seat At the Table
Sept 20, 2021
University of California, Santa Cruz, researcher Lora Bartlett and her colleagues spent months studying how the pandemic affected classroom teachers. We will discuss the takeaways from her research not only for teachers, but also for school and district leaders. Joining Bartlett will be middle school social studies teacher Justine Springborn from New York state and superintendent Chaunté Garrett from North Carolina. Together with Peter DeWitt, they will explore Bartlett’s research on the pandemic experiences of teachers. And how school and district leaders can support their educators during this still complicated and uncertain time.
Watch on Demand at: A Seat at the Table with Peter DeWitt
UC Santa Cruz News Center
April 27, 2021
Faculty experts share pandemic-era lessons for the future of K-12 education
By Allison Arteaga Soergel
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Spring 2021 marked the one year anniversary of when the coronavirus pandemic forced K-12 schools across California and in other parts of the country to make an unprecedented shift from in-person to remote instruction. Teachers are now wrapping up their second school year affected by the turmoil of a global pandemic, but hopes are mounting for a return to normalcy in the fall. UC Santa Cruz researchers who have studied the pandemic’s impact on K-12 education share lessons they hope will be remembered as we look toward the future.
The Spartan Spectator
The Official Newspaper of East Long Meadow High School, Massachusetts
November 17, 2020
During the Pandemic, Teaching is a Whole New Ballgame
Seeing the Suddenly Distant Research Project referenced in a school newspaper article is our deepest satisfaction. Collecting and amplifying teacher voice is a main aim of this project and this article links to our research in its reporting on the local experience of pandemic teaching. You can read the whole story here: Spartan Spectator