Policy Learning For Education in a Pandemic and Post-Pandemic World: The ARC Education Project 

Abstract

The aim of this policy brief is to summarize the key priorities and recommendations made by ARC delegates and thought leaders who came together virtually between March 2020 and November 2021 to find ways to support students, parents, teachers, and school leaders in their respective educational communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.• The four key themes of well-being, equity, collaboration, and assessment emerged from a qualitative analysis of the data collected during the ARC TM series and the 2020 ARC Virtual Summit.• Key issues and priorities raised by ARC delegates, as well as recommendations and examples of innovative practices, are outlined for each theme.• Although the COVID-19 pandemic challenged ARC delegates and their educational systems, it also proved to be a unique opportunity to revisit established policies, think innovatively, and make meaningful systemic changes.The Atlantic Rim Collaboratory or the ARC Education Project (ARC) is a self-funded global educational movement anchored in the principles of equity, broad excellence, inclusion, well-being, democracy, sustainability, and human rights in high-quality, professionally run systems. As a policy learning network, ARC brings together policymakers, system leaders, and professional association leaders (unions, inspectorates, etc.) from its member systems (