Coronavirus (COVID-19) Families, Communities, and Education

VINH, VIETNAM- Hung Binh Junior Highschool students return to class, complying with coronavirus prevention measures such as temperature control and hand washing in Vinh, Vietnam on April 27, 2020. Students from nearly 30 Vietnam's provinces and cities returned to school after a long break from early February due to COVID-19. (NO RESALE)

Future Development

The International Finance Facility for Education: A vital instrument to mitigate the impact of the pandemic

Pedro Alba and Karen Mathiasen

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Shot of an adorable little boy eating a cob of corn around a table outdoors

Up Front

About 14 million children in the US are not getting enough to eat

Lauren Bauer

Thursday, July 9, 2020

External Article

Allowing the $600 unemployment benefit to expire could devastate the US economy

Annelies Goger, Tracy Hadden Loh, and Michael Gaynor

CNN Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Families, Communities, and Education

Working parents are key to COVID-19 recovery

Nicole Bateman

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Reports

FILE PHOTO: A street cleaner walks through the closed Broadway theatre district near Times Square following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., May 24, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

Report

Black essential workers’ lives matter. They deserve real change, not just lip service.

Molly Kinder and Tiffany Ford

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Workers assemble cabinets at CNC Cabinetry in South Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S., June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Families, Communities, and Education

Reopening America: Low-wage workers have suffered badly from COVID-19 so policymakers should focus on equity

Molly Kinder and Martha Ross

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Half a million fewer children? The coming COVID baby bust

Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip Levine

Monday, June 15, 2020

April 25, 2020, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: Kitchen staffs preparing meals for frontline workers at Pagu in Cambridge. Pagu is one of the first restaurant partners of Off Their Plate (OTP). OTP is a brainchild of Natalie Guo, Harvard Medical student, providing relief for two hard hit industries, Health care and restaurant industries. OTP, working with World Central Kitchen has expanded in 9 cities, working with more than 50 restaurants and 110 health care facilities across the nation and fundraised 3 million dollars since March. The organization pays restaurant $10 a meal to produce for frontline workers. The National Restaurant Association estimates that 3 million industry employees have already lost their jobs, and restaurants across USA will take a $225 billion sales hit through May . No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

Workforce Development

To protect frontline workers during and after COVID-19, we must define who they are

Adie Tomer and Joseph W. Kane

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Housing Markets & Finance

Strategies for increasing affordable housing amid the COVID-19 economic crisis

Ingrid Ellen, Erin Graves, Katherine O’Regan, and Jenny Schuetz

Monday, June 8, 2020

Blog Posts

Pupils and their teacher Paivi Tihinen of the Kirsti primary school have their lessons outside in a nearby park, as schoolchildren return to classes after eight weeks of lockdown due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) spread in the country, in Espoo, Finland May 14, 2020. Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. FINLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN FINLAND.

Education Plus Development

Reopening the World: Reopening schools—Insights from Denmark and Finland

Emiliana Vegas

Monday, July 6, 2020

Jobseekers stand in line to attend the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. career fair held by the New York State department of Labor in New York April 12, 2012. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD PACKAGE Ð SEARCH ÒBUSINESS WEEK AHEAD 3 OCTÓ FOR ALL IMAGES

Up Front

Reopening America: How division and vulnerability hamper our response

Carol Graham and Sergio Pinto

Thursday, June 25, 2020

The Avenue

How Wilmington, Del. is revitalizing vacant land to rebuild community trust

Laura Semmelroth

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

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Events

2020

Jun

Past Event

Webinar: Education and structural inequalities during COVID-19—How do Finland and the US compare?

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Webinar: Reopening America — Equitable solutions for workers and their families in the COVID-19 era

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Webinar: Mitigating the economic impacts of COVID-19 in rural areas

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Online only

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Experts

Molly Kinder

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

MollyKinder

Lauren Bauer

Fellow - Economic Studies, The Hamilton Project

@laurenlbauer

Emiliana Vegas

Co-director - Center for Universal Education

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

EmiVegasV

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Multimedia

Jay Williams tattoos a customer who gave his name as D OJ at Black Ink Atlanta, during the phased reopening of businesses and restaurants from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in the state, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Bita Honarvar

Podcast Episode

Race and gender gaps in COVID-19 deaths

Richard V. Reeves and Fred Dews

Friday, June 19, 2020

A worker sanitizes loungers as beaches are reopened with restrictions to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., June 10, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello

Podcast Episode

Tracking COVID-19’s spread into less urban, whiter, and more Trump-friendly places

William H. Frey and Fred Dews

Friday, June 12, 2020

Alexeen Simms, a server at the Hungry Tarpon Restaurant in Islamorada, Fla., provides a luncheon entree to a couple Monday. June 1. 2020. After being closed to visitors since March 22, 2020, to help curtail the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Florida Keys reopened to tourists Monday. Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Podcast Episode

Podcast: A roadmap for reopening America

John R. Allen, William A. Galston, Ross A. Hammond, Molly Kinder, Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, Rashawn Ray, and David Wessel

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

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