Padma G.
“Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
Last Updated: December 2022
About Me
Hello! My name is Padma and this is my personal website.
Publications
School Reopening Trends Offer Districts the Opportunity to Start Planning Beyond the Pandemic
Center on Reinventing Public Education, March 2021.
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How Are School Districts Addressing Student Social-Emotional Needs during the Pandemic?
Center on Reinventing Public Education, February 2021.
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U-Turn: Surge of COVID Cases Reverses Reopening Progress in America's School Districts
Center on Reinventing Public Education, January 2021.
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Putting parents at the center of school reopening: Highlights from COVID-19 parent surveys
Center on Reinventing Public Education, November 2020.
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One Step Forward, One Step Back: Public Health Fears Keep America's School Districts on a Reopening Treadmill
Center on Reinventing Public Education, November 2020.
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Getting Back to School: An Update on Plans from Across the Country
Center on Reinventing Public Education, August 2020.
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School Districts Across the Nation Plan for An Uncertain Year Ahead
Center on Reinventing Public Education, August 2020.
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Selected Research Citations
Fact-checking the Biden administration's sliding scale on vaccines and school reopening goals
CNN — February 2021
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Coronavirus cases in children jump as they prepare to go back to school
CNN — October 2020
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Will This Be a Lost Year for America’s Children?
The New York Times — September 2020
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Microsoft commits more than $110M in additional support for nonprofits, workers and schools in Washington state
Microsoft Press Conference — December 2020
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'Where Are the Kids?' School Is Back in Session, but Many Kindergarteners Are Missing
TIME — September 2020
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Public Schools Will Struggle Even More as Parents Move Kids to Private Ones During the Pandemic
TIME — August 2020
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Why British Kids Went Back to School, and American Kids Did Not
The Atlantic — December 2020
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School Districts Tackle ‘Learning Loss,’ School Safety With Covid-19 Aid
The Wall Street Journal — March 2021
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Biden Administration Says Schools Have Reopened If They Are Open One Day a Week
The Wall Street Journal — February 2021
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CDC Presses K-12 Schools to Reopen
The Wall Street Journal — February 2021
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Fewer Children Are Attending School, Remotely and In Person
The Wall Street Journal — February 2021
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More Schools Are Reopening as Covid-19 Cases Rise Nationwide
The Wall Street Journal — October 2020
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Coronavirus Campaign: Political Candidates Run for Office While Running Home Schools
The Wall Street Journal — September 2020
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A Texas School Reopens and Everyone Holds Their Breath
The Wall Street Journal — September 2020
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Are Florida Schools Reopening? Parents Can’t Tell as State and Districts Fight
The Wall Street Journal — August 2020
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Biden, aiming to reopen schools, set to request infusion of cash
The Washington Post — January 2021
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Chaos coast to coast as a school year like no other launches
The Washington Post — August 2020
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Rundown schools forced more students to go remote
The Hechinger Report — November 2020
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Joint Legislative Public Hearing on 2021 Executive Budget Proposal: Topic Elementary & Secondary Education
New York State Senate — January 2021
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Remote Hearing On 'Challenges To Safely Reopening K-12 Schools'
U.S. House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis — August 2020
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Health Impact Review of SB 5464
Washington State Board of Health — April 2021
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Education Dept. Launches First Federal Effort To Track School Reopening
NPR — February 2021
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'Learning Hubs' Offer Free Child Care And Learning — But Only For A Lucky Few
NPR — September 2020
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Child Care Benefits May Be As Important As Healthcare If You Want To Keep Top Employees
Forbes — November 2020
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How To Improve Remote Learning During The Covid-19 Pandemic
Forbes — September 2020
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Your kid might not return to a classroom this year. Are teachers unions to blame?
USA Today — January 2021
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One in five Americans say it's safe to reopen schools now, survey finds
USA Today — September 2020
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Chaos reigns in some schools with in-person learning. Many kids are learning at home.
USA Today — August 2020
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Big City Schools Are Less Likely to Reopen for In-Person Instruction
US News & World Report — October 2020
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COVID-19 cases spike at partially reopened L.A. schools. How worried should we be?
The Los Angeles Times — November 2020
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Back to ‘school’: Even the basics are complicated, so how can teachers and students get on track?
The Seattle Times — August 2020
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Looking Ahead: How Systems Can Support Students Post-COVID
The Carnegie Corporation of New York — June 2021
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‘It’s Patchwork’: Rural Teachers Struggle to Connect in Pandemic
The Pew Charitable Trusts — March 2021
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Urban and Rural Districts Showed a Strong Divide During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The RAND Corporation — May 2021
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COVID-19 and the State of K-12 Schools
The RAND Corporation — October 2020
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Will This School Year Be Another Casualty of the Pandemic?
The RAND Corporation — October 2020
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Nobody wants to teach when they’re going to die
Politico — August 2020
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Blue states and red states are both doing school reopenings wrong
Vox — November 2020
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Hybrid school might be the worst of both worlds
Vox — October 2020
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10 facts about school reopenings in the Covid-19 pandemic
Vox — October 2020
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