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.
Recommended Citation
Farrand, Connor, "Adapting to Challenges: K-12 Education in the time of COVID" (2022). WWU Honors College Senior Projects. 559.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwu_honors/559
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