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

Up Front

The coming COVID-19 baby bust is here

Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip B. Levine

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

A group of kids in the Little Explorers Club, a preschool class for kids aged three to five years old, including Samuel Campbell, paint a bird scene during arts and crafts time in the Suzie Edwards Conservation Education Classrooms at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium on Thursday, April 22, 2021.Columbus Zoo Little Explorers

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Research-practice partnerships can help our youngest learners in times of crisis and recovery

Daphna Bassok, Pamela A. Morris, Anna Markowitz, and Jenna Conway

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Pupils write their final exams in the subject "History" in a classroom at the Gymnasium Mellendorf in the region of Hanover. The Abitur examinations in Lower Saxony begin today.

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COVID-19, the educational equity crisis, and the opportunity ahead

Heather J. Hough

Thursday, April 29, 2021

The first day of school gets underway in the Toms River Regional School District. All students receive virtual instruction with the exception of those with special needs. Teachers at Hooper Avenue Elementary School instruct students with the aid of Google Classroom. Mary Amzler, paraprofessional, helps Kindergartener Spencer Santos with handwriting skills. Toms River, NJTuesday, September 8, 2020Trs090820l

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Small investments for big gains: Transforming wraparound services into an engine of opportunity

A. Brooks Bowden and Joan Wasser Gish

Monday, April 26, 2021

Reports

A stressed couple staring at a piece of paper by a table, which also has coffee, a laptop, and a coffee mug

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

Ebone Jolly RN, prepares to administer a Covid-19 test to Shu Rice, 59, of Detroit in the parking lot at The Joseph Walker Williams Community Center Friday Nov. 13, 2020.Covidtesting 111320 15 Mw

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Examining and addressing COVID-19 racial disparities in Detroit

Rashawn Ray, Jane Fran Morgan, Lydia Wileden, Samantha Elizondo, and Destiny Wiley-Yancy

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Blog Posts

Up Front

Guilty secrets: How the COVID-19 pandemic helped some middle class families

Hannah Van Drie and Morgan Welch

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Children sit cross-legged learning together in a classroom.

Education Plus Development

Building back better: The promise of the American Rescue Plan for education

Helen Shwe Hadani and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Friday, April 9, 2021

The Avenue

What’s stopping automatic retirement savings for more workers?

Robert Maxim and Mark Muro

Friday, April 9, 2021

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Events

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Experts

Daphna Bassok

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

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Helen Shwe Hadani

Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking

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Molly Kinder

David M. Rubenstein 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

The economy that allows you to get your job done is broken

Molly Kinder and Martha Ross

New York Times Tuesday, April 13, 2021

A child attends a class at the Wangata commune school during a vaccination campaign against the outbreak of Ebola, in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 23, 2018. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe - RC1B068B55A0

The COVID-19 cost of school closures in earnings and income across the world

George Psacharopoulos, Victoria Collis, Harry Patrinos, and Emiliana Vegas

Friday, April 9, 2021

With federal aid on the way, it’s time for state and local governments to boost pay for frontline essential workers

Molly Kinder

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Young 1ove organizer working to adapt the Teaching at the Right Level education intervention during COVID-19

A year later: Reflections on learning, adapting, and scaling education interventions during COVID-19

Tendekai Mukoyi, Molly Curtiss Wyss, and Jenny Perlman Robinson

Friday, April 2, 2021

A man uses a smartphone in New York City, in this picture taken November 6, 2013. Twitter Inc raised the top end of its IPO price range by 25 percent and will close its books a day early, signaling strong demand for the most closely watched Silicon Valley debut since Facebook Inc last year. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS TELECOMS) - TM4E9B60XZA01

Techlash continues to batter technology sector

Darrell M. West

Friday, April 2, 2021

Infusing playful learning in cities: How to partner with communities for impact

Helen Shwe Hadani and Jennifer S. Vey

Thursday, April 1, 2021

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Reports

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

Essential workers: One year into the COVID-19 pandemic

How the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted higher education

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program