Published Online in: Educational Researcher July 7, 2020
David DeMatthews, University of Texas at El Paso David Knight, University of Washington Pedro Reyes, University of Texas at Austin Amber Benedict, Arizona State University Rebecca Callahan, University of Texas at Austin
Education researchers have been impacted by COVID-19 as school closures interrupted ongoing education research, including clinical trials, case study and ethnographic inquiry in schools, and longitudinal studies using federal, state, or district administrative data. The recommendations we present here focus on immediate and future actions education researchers can take to support public health and educational institutions dealing with a pandemic. Clearly not exhaustive, our recommendations are intended to prompt the education research community to collectively consider how the field’s efforts can both inform the knowledge base and support frontline educators and health care researchers dealing with COVID-19.
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