The novel coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the typical flow of American education at every level, from K-12 schooling to collegiate and graduate studies. When the pandemic ends, will our educational institutions simply return to the status quo ante or will there be lasting effects? How will the “new normal” look? Our distinguished panelists will address the psychological, social, and economic dimensions of educating in the context of the COVID-19 crisis and consider the future of education from this point.
William Damon, Professor of Education, Director of the Center on Adolescence, and Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University; Michael J. Petrilli, President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute; Cecilia Elena Rouse, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Katzman-Ernst Professor in Economics and Education, and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University; Moderated by Robert P.… Show More