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

Petra Burns, a Fairview Middle School 6th grade math teacher, prepares for online instruction from her desk in her empty classroom on "the second first day of school" Monday, March 30, 3030.Second First Day Of School 033020 Ts 051

How the coronavirus shutdown will affect school district revenues

Marguerite Roza

Thursday, April 9, 2020

March 25, 2020, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: Empty Harvard Yard in Cambridge, MA. Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow annouced that he and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday on March 24. Harvard University closed its campus earlier in March. No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

What can COVID-19 teach us about strengthening education systems?

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Webinar: What’s being done to address the growing US digital divide

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Franklin's Forrest Crossing neighborhood has created a "Social Distancing Calendar of Fun." On Wednesday, some residents like Eli Ecken,11, plays Twister during neighborhood's chalk walk Franklin on April 1, 2020.Sem 1233

Playful learning in everyday places during the COVID-19 crisis—and beyond

Helen Shwe Hadani and Jennifer S. Vey

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Alice, 5, watches a video sent by school as she studies at home with her father Rodrigo Pinto as his work was suspended during a lockdown imposed by the state government because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Santo Andre, Brazil, March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

COVID-19 is a health crisis. So why is health education missing from schoolwork?

Rebecca Winthrop

Monday, April 6, 2020

March 11, 2020; Lansing, MI , USA; Michigan State University senior Yue Yang walks past the John Hannah Administration Building Wednesday, March 11, 2020, in East Lansing, Mich. "The president made a good decision, everyone should just be safe and pay attention," she said. The university will close person-to-person classes until April 20 and conduct classes online to minimize the potential spread of the coronavirus. "My parents worry about me but I'll be alright." Mandatory Credit: Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via USA TODAY NETWORK

8 recommendations for universities and professors during the coronavirus pandemic

Friday, April 3, 2020

People queue to collect social grants and shop during a 21 day nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, March 31, 2020. Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Figures of the week: Perceptions of COVID-19 in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria

Thursday, April 2, 2020

General view of a class room at a Primary School in Melbourne's inner north, Monday, March 23, 2020. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has brought forward school holidays as a measure to slow the rapid spreading Covid-19 virus throughout the state. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVINGNo Use Australia. No Use New Zealand.

COVID-19 and school closures: What can countries learn from past emergencies?

Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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Social media companies are taking steps to tamp down coronavirus misinformation – but they can do more

Bhaskar Chakravorti

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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After coronavirus subsides, we must pay teachers more

Monday, March 30, 2020