RESOURCES FROM SCHOOLS + COVID = INEQUITY AMPLIFIED

THE IMPACT OF COVID ON STUDENTS

• Will this be a lost year for America’s children? Moderated by Emily Bazelon, New York Magazine

• ‘I Felt Like I Was Suffocating' Remote learning, lockdowns and pandemic uncertainty have increased anxiety and depression among adolescents, and heightened concerns about their mental health, Emma Goldberg, the New York Times

• How COVID-19 Is Upending Extracurriculars, Josh Moody, US News

• COVID-19 and student performance, equity, and U.S. education policy, Emma García and Elaine Weiss, Economic Policy Institute

• How One School Network’s Focus On Student Agency Has Prepared Students For At-Home Learning Amid COVID-19, Phyllis Lockett, Forbes

THE IMPACT OF COVID ON EDUCATORS

• Our mission as educators must be laser-focused on equitable, long-term success for a wider spectrum of students, Lynn Perry Wooten, Inside Higher Ed

• Did COVID-19 Really Drive Teachers to Quit?  Madeline Will, Catherine Gewertz and Sarah Schwartz, Ed Week

• COVID-19’s Harm to Learning is Inevitable. How Schools can start to address it, Stephen Sawchuk, Studently

INEQUITY IN EDUCATION

• How Does COVID-19 Create Inequity in K-12 Education? Angela Nelson, Tufts Now

• The students left behind by remote learning, Alec McGillis, ProPublica

• Most Educators Require Kids to Turn Cameras On in Virtual Class, Despite Equity Concerns, Madeline Will, Ed Week

• A Promise Worth Keeping: An Updated Equity-Driven Framework for Free College Programs, John B. King Jr., EdTrust

• With coronavirus closing schools, we need to bridge the digital divide for students, Nick Melvoin, CalMatters

SCHOOLS AFTER COVID

• Beyond reopening schools: How education can emerge stronger than before COVID-19, Emiliana Vegas and Rebecca Winthrop, Brookings Institute

• Opportunities to Advance Educational Equity During the Next Administration, John B. King Jr., EdTrust

• Where we are now: FLUX Pedagogy, Sharon M. Ravitch, Ph.D, The Educator’s Playbook, University of Pennsylvania

• FLUX Pedagogy: Transforming and Leading During the Coronavirus, Sharon M. Ravitch, Ph.D, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education

SCHOOLS ADAPT TO COVID

• Nova to offer “Jumpstart” tuition-free summer online courses for region’s high school students, Northern Virginia Community College

• Running a Virtual School on Chicago’s West Side, Peter Slevin, the New Yorker

• Here’s Why We Closed Los Angeles Schools, Nick Melvoin, New York Times

• LAUSD is teaching a lesson on how to fight hunger during the pandemic, LA Times

• LAUSD launches COVID-19 testing program for students and staff, ABC News

LEARNING LOSS

• COVID-19 and student learning in the United States: The hurt could last a lifetime, Emma Dorn, Bryan Hancock, Jimmy Sarakatsannis, and Ellen Viruleg, McKinsey & Company

• The COVID 19 slide: summer learning loss, Dr. Megan Kuhfeld and Dr. Beth Tarasawa, The Collaborative for Student Growth

• Preventing learning loss requires long-term solutions, Nick Melvoin, EdSource

• Getting tutoring right to reduce COVID-19 learning loss, Matthew Kraft and Michael Goldstein, Brookings Institute

HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN AID EDUCATION

• The federal role in education, The US Department of Education

• 2020 Election Recap and What Should Be on the 117th Congress's To-Do List, John B. King Jr., EdTrust

• What comes next for public schooling, John King & Randi Weingarten, The Hill

• FCC Commissioner and Former Ed. Secretary: We Need a National Policy on Internet Access, Jessica Rosenworcel & John B. King Jr., Ed Week

HOW YOU CAN HELP

• Volunteer with advocacy groups
• 15 Advocacy Groups Championing Teachers and Learning Across the U.S.
• Vote in school board elections

• Volunteer with schools