Many American schools were forced to hastily transition to online learning in late March 2020. Dr. Ian Kingsbury, of the Empire Center for Public Policy, saw this rush to educate online as an opportunity to study how the online learning experience of students enrolled in brick and mortar schools that transitioned to online learning in Spring 2020 compared to the experience of students who were already enrolled in virtual schools with K12 when the pandemic began.

A summary of the study can be found here: https://www.k12.com/parent-student-resources/inside-look/research.html

The complete study can be found here: https://www.edchoice.org/research/online-learning-how-do-brick-and-mortar-schools-stack-up-to-virtual-schools/

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