{"product_id":"going-the-distance","title":"Going the Distance","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn unflinching yet ultimately hopeful appraisal of the workplace factors that determine career risk and resilience among K-12 teachers, informed by the lessons of the COVID-19 crisis\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eGoing the Distance\u003c\/i\u003e, Lora Bartlett, Alisun Thompson, Judith Warren Little, and Riley Collins examine the professional conditions that support career commitment among K-12 educators--and the factors that threaten teacher retention. Drawing insight from the period of significant teacher turnover and burnout both during and beyond COVID-19 school shutdowns in the United States, the authors offer clear guidance for policies and practices that meet the needs of teachers and nourish a robust teaching workforce. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The work presents vivid firsthand accounts of teaching during crisis that were captured as part of the Suddenly Distant Research Project, a longitudinal study of the experiences of seventy-five teachers in nine states over thirty months, from the school closures of spring 2020 through two full school years. The authors characterize the pandemic as a perspective-shifting experience that exposed existing structural problems and created new ones: a widespread sociopolitical framing of teaching as an occupation constrained by strict regulation and oversight, an overreliance on test-based accountability, a decline in public investment in education, and growing legislative constraints on what teachers could teach. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Identifying contextual differences between teachers who left and those who persevered, the work calls for solutions--including increased teacher voice, collaborative workplace cultures, and reforming school accountability systems--that support teachers to pursue ambitious educational goals in ordinary times and equip them to respond rapidly and capably in times of crisis.","brand":"Harvard Education PR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50020868063482,"sku":"9781682539439","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/1253\/1962\/files\/imageloader_9803b2ac-aaba-4f6a-a277-e56066d006cc.jpg?v=1786137112","url":"https:\/\/mindsourcebooks.com\/products\/going-the-distance","provider":"Mind Source Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}