Category: Intersectional Needs and Considerations
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Report indicates distance learning success tied to funding and accessibility
This article was published on NBC News 10 by Connor Cyrus on October 20, 2020. A new report by The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council found success in distance learning can be tied to funding and accessibility. It found students in low income or urban communities who struggled before the pandemic, struggle even more when…
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Homeless Families Struggle With Impossible Choices As School Closures Continue
This article was published on NPR by Cory Turner on October 7, 2020. The closure of school buildings in response to the coronavirus has been disruptive and inconvenient for many families, but for those living in homeless shelters or hotel rooms — including roughly 1.5 million school-aged children — the shuttering of classrooms and cafeterias has been…
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Online learning cannot just be for those who can afford its technology
The dramatic shift to online learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic risks widening educational inequalities. This article was published by Nature Research on September 23, 2020. Every day, hundreds of millions of students, teachers and support staff, are participating in a learning revolution: the COVID-19 pandemic has upended the centuries-old tradition that students…
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D.C. Voices: Distance learning supports for students with disabilities and English learners
This article was published by D.C. Policy Center on September 23, 2020 by Tanaz Meghjani. The shift to distance learning due to the coronavirus pandemic in spring of 2020 created access and language barriers for some of D.C.’s most vulnerable students, including students with disabilities and English learners. In that time, what obstacles did educators…
