Surveying How 82 School Districts Launched Remote Learning in 2020

By Robin Lake & Bree Dusseault

June 4, 2020

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Robin Lake is director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education. You can find her on Twitter @RbnLake

Bree Dusseault is principal at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, supporting its analysis of district and charter responses to COVID-19. She previously served as executive director of Green Dot Public Schools Washington, executive director of pK-12 schools for Seattle Public Schools, a researcher at CRPE, and as a principal and teacher.

@breedusseault contributors@the74million.org

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