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

Ayak Chol Deng, 31, an epidemiologist, spoken word poet, activist, and a founding member of Ana Taban, poses for a photograph at her home in Juba, South Sudan, April 20, 2017. Deng was born in a refugee camp in Gambela, briefly lived in Cuba as a child, and then studied and lived in Kharoum, Sudan and Nairobi, Kenya. She is divorced and a mother of three. "I hope for better serviced institutions, better opportunities for youth, a country where I don't need to be from a specific tribe," said Deng. In one of her poems, she writes: "Heal this spirit that's broken, piece together pieces of me, my affiliation, or tongue, colour, politics, restore what’s human in me, peace, come find me, enrich this fist choking, un-taint my disputes, resonating, unhinge my words, elevating, unleash a conciliation, everlasting, peace, come find me." REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu SEARCH "CAMPEANU ANA TABAN" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Taking distance learning ‘offline’: Lessons learned from navigating the digital divide during COVID-19

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Friday, August 7, 2020

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How a New York City public market is keeping a neighborhood’s ‘third place’ alive during COVID-19

Laura Scherling, Ed.D. and Lauren Margolis

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

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No more status quo: A community-led action plan for addressing structural inequity during COVID-19 recovery

Hanna Love, Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, and Jennifer S. Vey

August 4, 2020

Empty desks in a classroom

Learning losses due to COVID-19 could add up to $10 trillion

Joao Pedro Azevedo, Amer Hasan, Koen Geven, Diana Goldemberg, and Syedah Aroob Iqbal

Thursday, July 30, 2020

People walk on the esplanade of La Defense, in the financial and business district, west of Paris, France, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau - RC1B9BB86D30

Class Notes: How divorce affects wealth, COVID-19 and education inequality, and more

Ember Smith and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Australia's former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, gestures at a news conference at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in Brisbane, Australia February 24, 2012. REUTERS/Renee Melides/File Photo

A conversation with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd: Prioritizing education during COVID-19

Lorenna Maysonet

Thursday, July 30, 2020

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos addresses Education Department staff on her first day on the job in Washington

School reopening plans linked to politics rather than public health

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Members of a Primary school band are seen on a screen during an online lesson via Zoom in Canberra, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVINGNo Use Australia. No Use New Zealand.

For schools to reopen, Congress must include broadband funding in the stimulus bill

Nicol Turner Lee

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

A third-grade schoolboy seen from behind has headphones on his head. He is taking online courses from his home in Toulouse on the first day of the containment measures imposed by the government. He has a double screen in front of him.Un collegien vu de dos a un casque audio sur le tete. Il suit des cours en ligne depuis son domicile a Toulouse le premier jour des mesures de confinement imposees par le gouvernement en France. Il a un double ecran devant lui.NO USE FRANCE

Why the move to online instruction won’t reduce college costs

Steven W. Hemelt and Kevin M. Stange

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Maria Ochoa, 50, poses for a portrait inside her home Tuesday, May 5, 2020 in Chicago. Ochoa, her husband and daughter have been sick with COVID-19 for two weeks. She believes her family contracted the virus from her husband's meat packing job in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

COVID-19 is having a devastating impact on the economic well-being of Latino families

Gabriel R. Sanchez, Edward D. Vargas , and Adrián A. Pedroza

Monday, July 27, 2020