MBAE released today a database comparing teaching and learning plans during the COVID-19 pandemic from the 40 largest districts in the state.  We teamed up with the Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development to document school districts’ goals and intent, and provide rigorously reviewed and comparable information about how school districts are approaching challenges related to meeting students’ academic and social-emotional needs and supporting parents and educators. We will be adding more districts to the database in the coming days and weeks.

This database is a resource for those interested in how other school districts are approaching this year’s challenges and for those interested to understand how their experience of what is happening on the ground compares to the approaches laid out in the reopening plan.

Districts have had to react rapidly to make difficult decisions in the face of the uncertainty and constraints this fall.  We will be updating this database as plans change and more information becomes available.  There is a link in the final column of each school districts’ entry that you can follow to let us know if any information is out-of-date or mischaracterized.  The definitions and classification rules used can be found on the “Definitions” tab.

The information contained in this database comes from the school reopening plans that school districts submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.  It captures any updates to the plans that districts have made as the school year has progressed and posted on their websites.  In addition, we monitor school districts’ website and social media feeds to keep up-to-date information on whether school districts are engaged in remote, hybrid or entirely in-person learning.  Because schools’ reopening plans cover all three options, the information contained in this database does not change as a result of school districts changing the balance of remote and in-person instruction.

Review the database.