Authors

Connor Farrand

Senior Project Advisor

Kate Destler

Document Type

Project

Publication Date

Spring 2022

Keywords

Education, Organizations, Inertia, Innovation, COVID-19

Abstract

During the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the disruptions across society were both intense and varying along pre-existing structural and social lines of inequity, especially in the US. Research has shown that this pattern was particularly true in the context of K-12 education. To assess when, why, and how school districts and charter management organizations (CMOs) chose to adopt and execute new policies for the delivery of education during the pandemic, I review existing theories of organizational inertia and analyze four general characteristics of school districts/CMOs for their ability to predict districts’ likelihood of implementing new instructional delivery methods. My findings suggest that both larger and younger school districts were more likely to adapt in response to the pandemic’s disruption of education.

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020--Influence; Teaching--Methodology; School districts; Charter schools; Organizational resilience

Genre/Form

essays

Type

Text

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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