The Rise of Learning Pods: Civil Society’s Expanding Role in K-12 Education in the United States

This research note illuminates the ascent of so-called “learning pods”, a concept and phenomenon with close connections to civil society that rose to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic. We begin by characterizing and positioning learning pods in the diverse U.S. K-12 educational landscape. Next...

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Published inNonprofit policy forum Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 249 - 262
Main Authors Andersson, Fredrik O., Willems, Jurgen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin De Gruyter 17.07.2024
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subjects
Civil society
COVID-19
Families & family life
Home education
K-12 education
learning pods
Nonprofit organizations
Pandemics
Parents & parenting
Participation
Private schools
School principals
voluntary action
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Summary:This research note illuminates the ascent of so-called “learning pods”, a concept and phenomenon with close connections to civil society that rose to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic. We begin by characterizing and positioning learning pods in the diverse U.S. K-12 educational landscape. Next, participation in, and intent to form/join, learning pods are depicted by reporting on secondary data from a population poll among a national sample of U.S. adults since the start of the 2020 academic school year to December 2021. The second half of the research note discusses how learning pods can help garner useful insights to existing nonprofit research and theory.
ISSN:2154-3348
2194-6035
2154-3348
DOI:10.1515/npf-2022-0020