Opportunities in Crisis: how do schools shape educational partnerships?

The COVID-19 crisis means that schools must respond resiliently. They have to adapt very quickly to unforeseen circumstances. The big challenge is to maintain the quality of education at the same time. Disadvantaged students are most at risk. There is a great danger that they will develop even greater educational disadvantages during this period. The resilience of schools in secondary education (VO) will be studied over the next 2 years. Goal How do schools collaborate with parents of underprivileged students and how can they strengthen this collaboration? The aim of the project is to provide secondary schools with support in (strengthening) this collaboration. Research design The research takes place in the regions of Amsterdam and Nijmegen. The study takes place in three phases. After each phase, insights are immediately shared with secondary schools in the Netherlands. In the second year, the initial findings are used to develop and test interventions in collaboration with schools. (First) results The report was published in 2021: 'How five MBO schools entered into partnership with the parents of vulnerable students during the COVID-19 crisis '. These research results show how schools can respond resiliently to a crisis situation. Executive parties University of Amsterdam, Radboud University Nijmegen, BMC