{"id":10979,"date":"2022-03-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/?p=10979"},"modified":"2022-02-22T20:39:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T00:39:50","slug":"fourth-american-school-district-panel-survey-reveals-concerns-about-mental-health-political-polarization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/fourth-american-school-district-panel-survey-reveals-concerns-about-mental-health-political-polarization\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth American School District Panel Survey Reveals Concerns about Mental Health, Political Polarization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Policymakers had hoped that the 2021\u20132022 school year would be a chance to recover from COVID-19 pandemic\u2013related disruptions to schooling. Instead, media reports of staff shortages, heated or even violent school board meetings, increased student misbehavior, low student and teacher attendance, and enrollment declines suggest increased \u2014 rather than decreased \u2014 problems during this third pandemic school year. To learn about the prevalence of these challenges nationwide, RAND researchers surveyed 359 district and charter network leaders in the American School District Panel between October 25, 2021, and December 10, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Survey results suggest that districts are confronting serious challenges in the 2021\u20132022 school year that might be getting in the way of student learning. Although some challenges, such as student and staff mental health, are nearly universal across districts, other challenges are more localized. Historically marginalized districts are confronting extra challenges this school year, such as getting students back in school and low teacher attendance, while a higher percentage of historically advantaged districts are encountering political polarization about COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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