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Students Face Unequal Access During COVID-19 Shutdown
The way we're choosing to educate children during the pandemic will lead to an education crisis, says education scholar.
Online Schooling Is Highlighting the Inequality in Our Classrooms
As in-home learning has replaced the schoolhouse, those with the fewest resources are falling through the cracks.
Due to COVID-19, We Had First March Since 2002 Without a School Shooting
Despite the absence of school shootings in March, gun sales in the month were the second highest on record.
Pandemic Shutdown Separates Parents From Their Children in the Foster System
Without emergency changes to foster care law during the COVID-19 crisis, parents stand to lose their kids.
New York Officials Caused More Deaths to Maintain the “Illusion of Education”
City leaders are still talking grades and achievement when they should be caring for students’ needs, says one teacher.
Pandemic Reveals Limits of Education System to Assist Students and Families
COVID-19 is forcing administrators to address the roles schools play in communities.
The Stimulus Fails Student Borrowers. Congress Must Cancel Their Debt.
While colleges can tap into a $14 billion emergency relief fund, millions of their alumni will get no relief at all.
Coronavirus Is Poised to Inflame Inequality in Schools
Schools are not ready to take education entirely online.
Higher Education Is Woefully Unprepared to Help Poor Students Amid Coronavirus
Low-income students will be hurt the most by the lack of institutional preparedness.
In Stunning Bipartisan Rebuke of DeVos, Senate Overturns Anti-Student Rule
The Senate overturned a new rule that would have prevented defrauded students from having their loans forgiven.