Remote learning is no longer an unprecedented mode of delivery for most schools across America. For many students returning to class in the coming weeks, it will be back to school online. So what will be different for the fall compared with the spring’s rapid and unplanned transitions from the classroom to the cloud?

In this the 74 million article, contributors Sarah McCann and Bree Dusseault of the Center on Reinventing Public Education analyzed remote learning plans for 86 districts for 2020-21 and found that districts were commonly committing to offer more live instruction and improved consistency, but little communication detailing check-ins, supports for younger students, diagnostic assessments, individualized tutoring and other evidence-based interventions.