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

How can we support local learning priorities in the post-COVID-19 era?

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A school employee checks the temperature of a student as she returns to school on the first day of in-person classes in Orange County at Baldwin Park Elementary School on August 21, 2020 in Orlando, Florida, US. Face masks and temperature checks are required for all students as Florida's death toll from COVID-19 now exceeds 10,000, with some teachers refusing to return to their classrooms due to health concerns. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

The alarming state of the American student in 2022

Robin Lake and Travis Pillow

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Waitress Renita Rhynes (L), 53, and Jinny Hanson, 64, a former postal worker, attend a basic computer class at the Foundation for an Independent Tomorrow (FIT) workforce development center in Las Vegas, Nevada October 20, 2011. The slot machines jangle away with the promise of sudden riches, but many visitors to a job fair at a second-tier casino here are hoping merely for a minimum-wage job to snap their losing streak. Photo taken October 20, 2011. REUTERS/Steve Marcus (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

How 100 large and urban districts are attracting and retaining staff

Lisa Chu and Chelsey Shen

Monday, October 24, 2022

The socioeconomic consequences of COVID-19 for Latino families

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) students Keiley Flores, 13, Andrea Ramos, 10, and Alexander Ramos, 8, work on school-issued computers with unreliable internet connectivity, as their mother Anely Solis, 32, tries to connect them to her mobile hotspot, during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at their home in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 18, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

The socioeconomic consequences of COVID-19 for Latino families

Gabriel R. Sanchez, Noreen M. Sugrue, and Adrián A. Pedroza

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Students and their families are seen at Bloomsburg University's Elwell Hall during move-in week for the fall 2021 semester.Bloomsburg University instituted an indoor masking mandate just prior to the fall semester. Masks are required inside all campus buildings. (Photo by Paul Weaver / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Financial, political motives explain colleges’ COVID-19 reopening decisions

Sophie Eldridge, Danny Klinenberg, and Dick Startz

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Children learning programming sit at table in STEM coding engineering class.

Transforming education for holistic student development

Amanda Datnow, Vicki Park, Donald J. Peurach, and James P. Spillane

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Kindergarten teacher Princess Bryant prepares her classroom, from where she will begin the new school year teaching classes virtually because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at the Tynan Elementary School in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Are we at a crisis point with the public teacher workforce? Education scholars share their perspectives

Emma García, Matthew A. Kraft, and Heather L. Schwartz

Friday, August 26, 2022

Girl looks into almost empty fridge

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)

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

Dan Silver, Anna Saavedra, and Morgan Polikoff

Tuesday, August 16, 2022