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

School finance and educational equity

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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

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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)

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How 100 large and urban districts are attracting and retaining staff

Lisa Chu and Chelsey Shen

Monday, October 24, 2022

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

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Reports

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

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Transforming education for holistic student development

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

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

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Community Schools Forward: Technical assistance needs assessment

Stacey Campo and Abe Fernández

Monday, August 15, 2022

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2 years after the National Education Policy passage: What are social media users in India saying?

Lauren Ziegler, Ruchika Bhatia, and Rebecca Winthrop

Monday, July 11, 2022

Students in Brazil review their social media.

Report

Adolescent isolation, ideology, and the missing voice of parents: A social listening analysis of Brazilian education

Lauren Ziegler, Thaís Schwarzberg Milanello, Rebecca Winthrop, and Claire Sukumar

Monday, May 23, 2022

China

How China’s human capital impacts its national competitiveness

Ryan Hass, Kevin Dong, Jude Blanchette, and Briana Boland

Monday, May 16, 2022

Blog Posts

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

How We Rise

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.

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

Sophie Eldridge, Danny Klinenberg, and Dick Startz

Tuesday, September 27, 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

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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

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The Emotionally Intelligent Child: Effective Strategies for Parenting Self-Aware, Cooperative, and Well-Balanced Kids

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Experts

Hayin Kimner

Nonresident Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

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Gabriel R. Sanchez

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Governance Studies

Rebecca Winthrop

Director - Center for Universal Education

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Multimedia

Podcast Episode

How did economic policy affect children’s well-being during COVID-19?

Anna Aizer, Claudia Persico, and David Wessel

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Indian teacher and students wearing protective face mask attend their class at a government girls school after the Rajasthan government allowed schools to reopen for VIth to VIIIth classes in Beawar. (Photo by Sumit Saraswat/Pacific Press/Sipa USA) (Photo by Sumit Saraswat/Pacific Press/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

Reimagining teaching and learning spaces

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Elizabeth M. King, and Urvashi Sahni

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Several hundred immigration activists gather near the White House on October 7, 2021 to urge the Biden administration to pass a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Podcast Episode

Politics and the pandemic in Latino and Native American communities

Gabriel R. Sanchez and Fred Dews

Friday, October 15, 2021

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

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

Children eat lunch together at their community school.

Increased government funding recognizes the need for strong community school technical assistance

Hayin Kimner, Stacey Campo, and Abe Fernández

Monday, August 15, 2022

7 lessons learned for virtual events

Molly Curtiss Wyss and Maya Elliott

Monday, July 25, 2022

Riding to school: How bicycles are changing education for girls in rural Africa

Damaris Seleina Parsitau and Joel Kamoko

Thursday, July 21, 2022

three young Latino students smiling outside of school

Investing in Latino children and youth—the future strength of the US

Lisa A. Gennetian and Marta Tienda

Monday, July 11, 2022

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Reports

The socioeconomic consequences of COVID-19 for Latino families

BPEA Spring 2022 conference

Ensuring young mothers return, remain, and learn in school

Nonresident Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Governance Studies

Director - Center for Universal Education

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development