Anna Saavedra

A woman marks her ballot with her child looking on in the presidential primary at Bedford High School in Bedford, New Hampshire February 9, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Survey: Americans broadly support teaching about (most) controversial topics in the classroom

Anna Saavedra, Meira Levinson, and Morgan Polikoff

Thursday, October 20, 2022

James, 10, calls for a tutor at South Los Angeles Learning Center in Los Angeles, California March 16, 2011. The center is run by School on Wheels, which uses volunteers to tutor homeless children in shelters, parks, motels, and two centers. There has been a surge in the number of homeless children in Los Angeles in the last five years, due to persistent unemployment and mounting foreclosures. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION)

Low parent interest in COVID-recovery interventions should worry educators and policymakers alike

Dan Silver, Anna Saavedra, and Morgan Polikoff

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Members of the public express their anger with the board and Superintendent Bob Thomas during a Board of Education meeting at the City-County Building in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, April 30, 2021. The board met to debate if the school system would require face masks for the upcoming school year to combat the spread of COVID-19.Kns Kcs Masks

Are fiery school-board meetings representative of all parents?

Anna Saavedra, Amie Rapaport, Morgan Polikoff, and Dan Silver

Thursday, December 16, 2021

A student attends the enrollment of a fifth grade class at Alteburg School with her parents.

Concerns about child well-being during the 2020-21 school year were greatest among parents of remote learners

Marshall Garland, Morgan Polikoff, and Anna Saavedra

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Amazing teacher Vicki Fritz works with her remote learning fifth grade students, Thursday May 20, 2021 at Tomoka Elementary School in Ormond Beach.Dtb Amazing Teacher May 3

Why some parents are sticking with remote learning—even as schools reopen

Anna Saavedra, Amie Rapaport, and Dan Silver

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Students stand 2 feet apart as they practice social distancing before walking into the cafeteria on the first day back to school after coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions were adjusted, in Louisville, Kentucky,

Almost everyone is concerned about K-12 students’ academic progress

Anna Saavedra, Morgan Polikoff, Dan Silver, and Amie Rapaport

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Khila Harris (from left), 15, Eric Harris, 12, and Kaylee Jones, 9, work on their laptops on the first day of school Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, from their home in Memphis.083120 Scsfirstday 13 Msg

Surveys show things are better for students than they were in the spring—or do they?

Amie Rapaport, Anna Saavedra, Dan Silver, and Morgan Polikoff

Wednesday, November 18, 2020