As we stumble to the end of a surreal school year and look toward the fall, some education leaders hint that they may keep schools shuttered in September and a plurality of voters say in-person instruction this fall is a “bad idea.” While this spring’s remote learning worked for some students, it was a poor fit for most.
Nat Malkus is a senior fellow and the deputy director of education policy at the American Enterprise Institute. He specializes in empirical research on K–12 schooling.
