Impact and Insights Blog

Dear friends, After two long years of disruption, students, parents, and educators are grateful to reclaim many aspects of classroom normalcy. But they’re also exhausted as they confront the stark realities of steep learning loss, widening inequities, and lingering trauma. The sector faces immense adaptive challenges in this moment, from staffing shortages to resource management. Previous best practices are insufficient for today’s context. Now is the time for adaptive, inclusive leaders to define problems in new ways, identify novel solutions, and implement innovations that seize the...

To realize the promise of systems transformation during the long road to COVID recovery, K-12 organizations need exceptional leaders beyond the classroom to lead implementation, drive change management efforts, and monitor effectiveness. That’s why EP has once again brought flexible, senior-level capacity to K-12 systems grappling with an evolving pandemic. Today, we’re proud to announce fifteen COVID Recovery Fellows who are adding critical chief of staff-level capacity to school systems serving nearly 6 million students nationwide. ​​​​​​Read on to learn more about our cohort, and to see...