Assistant Professor Megan Griffard, Ph.D., and doctoral student Danette Barber (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published the article, “”: A Qualitative Study of Remote and Hybrid School Climates During COVID-19" in AERA Open, the open-access journal for the American Educational Research Association. Leveraging the expertise of school counselors, the article examines aspects of school climate (i.e., relationships, well-being, and self-efficacy) for students and educators during remote and hybrid schooling at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Similar issues, such as concerns about student isolation and the demands placed on educators, emerged across participant descriptions of school climate in both settings. The findings from the study can be used in tandem with research on how learning environments impact student achievement and public health infrastructure to guide decision-making about learning environments.
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