The shutdown of schools during the COVID pandemic, compounded by the associated public health and economic crises, poses major challenges to our students and their teachers. To meet the crisis, it will be critical to identify which students are struggling most, which factors are impeding their learning, what problems are preventing teachers from teaching these children, and—critically—what investments must be made to address these challenges.
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The soft bigotry of high expectations: To combat the Black-white school achievement gap, remedy persistent segregation, don’t hope for miracle teachers
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The pandemic has exacerbated a long-standing national shortage of teachers
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Policymakers cannot relegate another generation to underresourced K–12 education because of an economic recession
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Learning during the pandemic: Lessons from the research on education in emergencies for COVID-19 and afterwards
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Learning during the pandemic: Making social and emotional learning front and center
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Learning during the pandemic: What decreased learning time in school means for student learning
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Policy solutions to deal with the nation’s teacher shortage—a crisis made worse by COVID-19
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What teaching is like during the pandemic—and a reminder that listening to teachers is critical to solving the challenges the coronavirus has brought to public education
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‘We prioritized open bars before giving resources to schools’: How the U.S. coronavirus response has failed students and teachers
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Coronavirus Pandemic Poses Major Challenges to U.S. Students and Teachers—and Exacerbates Existing Education Inequities: A plan for relief, recovery, and rebuilding
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COVID-19 and student performance, equity, and U.S. education policy: Lessons from pre-pandemic research to inform relief, recovery, and rebuilding
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The pandemic sparked more appreciation for teachers, but will it give them a voice in education and their working conditions?
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Access to online learning amid coronavirus is far from universal, and children who are poor suffer from a digital divide
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The coronavirus will explode achievement gaps in education