Schwartz discusses challenges of post-COVID school mobility in The 74

December 16, 2020

The 74

Amy Ellen Schwartz

Public Administration & International Affairs Department

Center for Policy Research

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Children, Adolescents

COVID-19

State & Local

U.S. Education

United States

The 74

Amy Ellen Schwartz

"The literature says, 'These [mobile] kids do worse,'" says Amy Ellen Schwartz, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair in Public Affairs. "But really, on the whole, we’re unable to fully disentangle the effects of moving from the underlying factors that led to it. And from a policy point of view, I’m not sure it matters: You show me a kid who’s moved three times in the last eight months, I’ll show you a kid who needs special attention," she says. Read more in The 74 article, "Research Shows Changing Schools Can Make or Break a Student, But the Wave of Post-COVID Mobility May Challenge the Systems in Ways We’ve Never Seen." 12/16/20