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

FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud/File Photo

Workforce Development

The pandemic hurt low-wage workers the most—and so far, the recovery has helped them the least

Nicole Bateman and Martha Ross

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

A student in a Nigerian classroom raises her hand.

Education Plus Development

Education in emergency in Nigeria: Creating gender equitable policies so all girls have an uninterrupted right to learn

Edem Dorothy Ossai

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

A United States Passport with Covid-19 Vaccination Record Card

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

TechTank Podcast Episode 24: Managing Privacy, Equity, and Access in COVID Vaccine Passports

Nicol Turner Lee

Monday, July 26, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Students raise their hands to answer a question at Kratzer Elementary School in Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S., April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo

Brown Center Chalkboard

6 priorities for future research into COVID-19 and its effects on early learning

Christina Weiland, Erica Greenberg, Daphna Bassok, Anna Markowitz, Paola Guerrero Rosada, and Grace Luetmer

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Reports

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Public Health

How the American Rescue Plan Act will help cities replace police with trained crisis teams for mental health emergencies

Stuart M. Butler and Nehath Sheriff

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

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Education

3 ways Biden can help families and student loan borrowers

Sarah Sattelmeyer

Thursday, April 22, 2021

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

Ten economic facts on how mothers spend their time

Lauren Bauer, Eliana Buckner, Sara Estep, Emily Moss, and Morgan Welch

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Workforce Development

A policy manifesto for paying, protecting, and empowering essential workers

Molly Kinder and Laura Stateler

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

One year in, COVID-19’s uneven spread across the US continues

William H. Frey

Friday, March 5, 2021

Blog Posts

Girl reading book while sitting by shelf in library

Brown Center Chalkboard

Early reading tests can aid educational recovery after the pandemic

Anita McGinty, Ann Partee, Allison Lynn Gray, Walter Herring, and Jim Soland

Monday, July 19, 2021

A school bus passes by as Monica Lee, Ronan Lee and Braydon Lee await their turn to load the bus as schools reopen with measures in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Vernon Bridge, Prince Edward Island, Canada September 8, 2020. REUTERS/John Morris

Brown Center Chalkboard

4-day school weeks: Educational innovation or detriment?

Paul Thompson and Emily Morton

Monday, July 12, 2021

Creating a common agenda for global public goods in education

Education Plus Development

What does a common agenda for global public goods in education look like?

Victoria Collis and Emiliana Vegas

Monday, June 21, 2021

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Events

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Protecting and elevating early years programming during and after COVID-19: Tools to support adequate, equitable, and efficient investments

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Re-emerging from COVID-19: Why children and cities need play now more than ever

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Essential workers: One year into the COVID-19 pandemic

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Online only

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Experts

Daphna Bassok

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Brown Center on Education Policy

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Nicol Turner Lee

Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

Director - Center for Technology Innovation

@drturnerlee

Martha Ross

Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Multimedia

Podcast Episode

Post-pandemic priorities for education part I: The United States

Rebecca Winthrop

WISE Words

Friday, March 19, 2021

Podcast Episode

Education, disrupted

Jenny Perlman Robinson and Emiliana Vegas

New Foundations, The Economist Intelligence Unit

Monday, November 30, 2020

Podcast Episode

How the pandemic can accelerate scaling educational innovations

Rebecca Winthrop and Jenny Perlman Robinson

Silver Lining for Learning

Monday, October 12, 2020

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

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The ban on travel from Europe once made sense. Now it’s only causing hardship.

Célia Belin

Saturday, June 26, 2021

Pre-school teacher LaMyia Hayes works (left to right) with Macsen Pope, Arrian Haynes and William Duncan at Youth Village s new location on Anchors Street.Youth Village 0573

Boosting teacher diversity requires bold, extensive action

Michael Hansen and Diana Quintero

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Amazing teacher Vicki Fritz works with her remote learning fifth grade students, Thursday May 20, 2021 at Tomoka Elementary School in Ormond Beach.Dtb Amazing Teacher May 3

Why some parents are sticking with remote learning—even as schools reopen

Anna Saavedra, Amie Rapaport, and Dan Silver

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Cecil B. Moore Library Play and Learn Space

Public libraries continue to adapt, enriching communities across America

Gregory Gilpin

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

All kids deserve to have recess next school year

Elizabeth Cushing and Helen Shwe Hadani

Monday, May 24, 2021

FILE PHOTO: American airlines company Delta registration desks are deserted at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Roissy-en-France, France March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

It’s time to reopen to Europe — and not just for tourists

Célia Belin

Friday, May 21, 2021

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