Chapter 4: Head Above Water: A Study of K–12 Teachers’ Perspectives on Emergency Remote Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This study examines K–12 teachers’ perspectives about the benefits and challenges they experienced while transitioning to emergency remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. The challenges participants faced included maintaining student engagement and students’ access to technology. One benefit participants experienced is the suspension of state testing mandates, which allowed them to provide more control over what and how they taught while trying to meet the needs of students.