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

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Could Big Tech’s move to permanent remote work save the American heartland?

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Schoolgirls eat their free mid-day meal, distributed by a government-run primary school, in New Delhi July 5, 2013. In an incident on July 16, 2013, twenty-five Indian children from a school in Mashrakh village in the district of Chapra died and dozens needed hospital treatment after apparently being poisoned by a school meal, provided under the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, sparking violent protests and angry allegations of blame. Neither the children nor the school pictured in this photograph were involved in Tuesday's poisoning incident. ATTENTION EDITORS - Neither the children nor the school pictured in this photograph were involved in Tuesday's poisoning incident. Picture taken July 5, 2013. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal (INDIA - Tags: FOOD EDUCATION SOCIETY)

Education in the time of COVID-19: Reflections from the Charcha 2020 Forum

Emily Gustafsson-Wright

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Kindergarten students during a reading activity at Annandale Public School in Sydney, Monday, May 25, 2020. Students returned to classroom learning in NSW amid an easing of coronavirus restrictions. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVINGNo Use Australia. No Use New Zealand.

With fewer funds and greater needs, schools should pursue cost-effectiveness strategies

A. Brooks Bowden and Rebecca Davis

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Webinar: Reopening schools in the fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic

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Sisters Jamie, 9, (L) and Jamella, 8, do their homework 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: EDUCATION SOCIETY)

Getting tutoring right to reduce COVID-19 learning loss

Matthew Kraft and Michael Goldstein

Thursday, May 21, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Boxes of N95 protective masks for use by medical field personnel are seen at a New York State emergency operations incident command center during the coronavirus outbreak in New Rochelle, New York, U.S., March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

What can be done to protect front-line communities from COVID-19?

John Hudak and Makada Henry-Nickie

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Little Tokyo

How Little Tokyo, Los Angeles is approaching community-led recovery through arts and culture

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Middle school reading teacher Shayna Boyd prepares for the start of remote teaching due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in her home office in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. April 8, 2020. Picture taken April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan O'Brien.

COVID-19 shows that America’s broadband plan is still in beta

Monday, May 18, 2020

Arielle Sadia, a 16 years old student in Odienné, in the Northwest of Côte d'Ivoire. During the coronacrisis schools are closed. But theimath teacher was reluctant and took the initiative to teach with a limited group of students twice a week for two hours.They respect the social distance and wear a mask during classes. "I find it a dood initiative because I can not just sit and wait at home doing nothing. I prefer to come to school. I encourage the youth to study even more now during this crisis. My dream is to become an engineer. " says the young girl and first of her class. For every child, education.

5 actions to help bring the most marginalized girls back to school after COVID-19

Robert Jenkins and Rebecca Winthrop

Friday, May 15, 2020

Prerna School in India

COVID-19 in India: Education disrupted and lessons learned

Thursday, May 14, 2020