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

Blog Posts

Up Front

Food security shouldn’t take a summer vacation

Lauren Bauer, Krista Ruffini, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, and Natalie Tomeh

August 26, 2022

James, 10, calls for a tutor at South Los Angeles Learning Center in Los Angeles, California March 16, 2011. The center is run by School on Wheels, which uses volunteers to tutor homeless children in shelters, parks, motels, and two centers. There has been a surge in the number of homeless children in Los Angeles in the last five years, due to persistent unemployment and mounting foreclosures. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION)

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Low parent interest in COVID-recovery interventions should worry educators and policymakers alike

Dan Silver, Anna Saavedra, and Morgan Polikoff

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Children eat lunch together at their community school.

Education Plus Development

Increased government funding recognizes the need for strong community school technical assistance

Hayin Kimner, Stacey Campo, and Abe Fernández

Monday, August 15, 2022

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Events

BPEA Spring 2022 conference

1:00 PM - Friday Mar 25, 2022 2:00 PM EDT

Ensuring young mothers return, remain, and learn in school

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT

Girls’ education research and policy symposium: Protecting rights and futures in times of crisis

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST

Washington

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Related Books

cover photo of emotional intelligent child book

The Emotionally Intelligent Child: Effective Strategies for Parenting Self-Aware, Cooperative, and Well-Balanced Kids

By Rachael Katz and Helen Shwe Hadani

2022

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Experts

Hayin Kimner

Nonresident Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

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Camille Busette

Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro, Economic Studies, Governance Studies

Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative

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Rebecca Winthrop

Director - Center for Universal Education

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Multimedia

Podcast Episode

How did economic policy affect children’s well-being during COVID-19?

Anna Aizer, Claudia Persico, and David Wessel

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Indian teacher and students wearing protective face mask attend their class at a government girls school after the Rajasthan government allowed schools to reopen for VIth to VIIIth classes in Beawar. (Photo by Sumit Saraswat/Pacific Press/Sipa USA) (Photo by Sumit Saraswat/Pacific Press/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

Reimagining teaching and learning spaces

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Elizabeth M. King, and Urvashi Sahni

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Several hundred immigration activists gather near the White House on October 7, 2021 to urge the Biden administration to pass a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Podcast Episode

Politics and the pandemic in Latino and Native American communities

Gabriel R. Sanchez and Fred Dews

Friday, October 15, 2021

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

7 lessons learned for virtual events

Molly Curtiss Wyss and Maya Elliott

Monday, July 25, 2022

Riding to school: How bicycles are changing education for girls in rural Africa

Damaris Seleina Parsitau and Joel Kamoko

Thursday, July 21, 2022

three young Latino students smiling outside of school

Investing in Latino children and youth—the future strength of the US

Lisa A. Gennetian and Marta Tienda

Monday, July 11, 2022

The economic and societal effects of COVID-19 on our brains

Erin Smith, Carol Graham, Eric Lenze, William Hynes, and Harris A. Eyre

Thursday, June 23, 2022

A patient suffering from Long COVID is examined in the post-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) clinic of Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 21, 2022. Picture taken February 21, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Living with COVID-19 will not be easy for many Americans suffering from long COVID-19, particularly those from diverse communities

Gabriel R. Sanchez, Keon L. Gilbert, and Camille Busette

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Rural Indian woman and daughter using a laptop

The power of community as a catalyst to tackle disrupted learning

Rukmini Banerji and Asif Saleh

Thursday, June 9, 2022

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Reports

BPEA Spring 2022 conference

Ensuring young mothers return, remain, and learn in school

Girls’ education research and policy symposium: Protecting rights and futures in times of crisis

Nonresident Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro, Economic Studies, Governance Studies

Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative

Director - Center for Universal Education

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development