The optimism administrators first showed for the rapid use of accelerated learning approaches — expressed when CRPE began its research into five unnamed school districts in winter 2021 — is fading as challenges remain, the report said.
“I think there were some of us, myself included, who thought this year was going to be back to normal, whatever that is, but we were quickly reminded that actually it’s probably the hardest year yet,” one senior leader said when interviewed in spring 2022, according to the CRPE report. None of the senior leaders quoted in the report were identified.
