The Biden administration must work to quickly reopen schools or else longer-term challenges, like improving learning outcomes and working conditions for teachers, will be overshadowed, says David R. Garcia, associate professor at ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. Garcia, who was also the Democratic nominee for Arizona governor in 2018, weighs in on the new administration’s priorities, funding for education, school choice and more. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a globally disruptive force to our human systems for over a year. 

Scholars have already begun researching the effects of the catastrophe as it’s unfolding. But what will that inquiry look like in five years, or a few decades from now? How will researchers measure the shock to and resilience of society?

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a globally disruptive force to our human systems for over a year. 

Scholars have already begun researching the effects of the catastrophe as it’s unfolding. But what will that inquiry look like in five years, or a few decades from now? How will researchers measure the shock to and resilience of society?

Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College placed No. 11 among 277 institutions that responded to the survey conducted by U.S. News & World Report for its 2022 rankings of America’s graduate schools of education. 

Among public universities, the college was ranked No. 4, ahead of the  University of California-Berkeley, the University of Texas-Austin and the University of Virginia. 

ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College placed No. 11 among 277 institutions that responded to the survey conducted by U.S. News & World Report for its 2022 rankings of America’s graduate schools of education. 

Among public universities, the college was ranked No. 4, ahead of the  University of California-Berkeley, the University of Texas-Austin and the University of Virginia. 

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