Even in a place where technology permeated education educators are finding limits to how much it can do during the coronavirus crisis

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Liz Willen Dear reader,

As the country debates reopening, The Hechinger Report has spent the last few months writing about how kids, parents and schools are faring in the pandemic. Each week, we find new consequences of this crisis: overworked school counselors ([link removed]) in Arizona, college towns ([link removed]) devastated by deserted stores and empty campuses, the inadequacy of federal funding ([link removed]) aimed at helping education recover. We’ve also found districts that were far more prepared ([link removed]) than most for the arrival of digital education. This week we write about one such community in Long
Island, New York, that has long embraced the promise of technology, but where even the superintendent acknowledges it’s no substitute for in-person learning, noting: “This is not school, it’s a bridge.”

On a more personal note, I spent the week before Mother’s Day speaking with single moms ([link removed]) who, in addition to trying to finish their studies while their kids are suddenly home, are increasingly vulnerable to hunger and homelessness. I was heartened by ways community colleges are helping and encouraging them, even as these institutions face growing worries about their own financial stability. We are grateful to have the opportunity to tell stories during this extraordinary time, and want to hear yours.

Liz Willen, Editor

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** Schools on a screen: One tech-savvy school district has lessons for others going online ([link removed])
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Coding in kindergarten, tablets for all and digital badges spearhead innovation in suburban village, but even in a place where technology permeated education educators are finding limits to how much it can do during the coronavirus crisis.
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** Long before coronavirus, student parents struggled with hunger, homelessness ([link removed])
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Inspirational stories emerge even as new concerns over food, housing and child care risk derailing college plans.



** COLUMN: Time to fight for the funding our kids need to mend the coronavirus wreckage ([link removed])
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The CARES Act was not enough. School board members, teachers, superintendents and unions must put aside old differences to fight for more help for kids.



** Little-noticed victims of the higher education shutdowns: college towns ([link removed])
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With students dispersed by the pandemic, towns that depend on them are struggling.



** Counseling kids during the coronavirus: A tough job made even tougher ([link removed])
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How school counseling in Arizona, where counselors already served the highest numbers of students in the nation, works during an age of campus closures and social distancing.



** Decades old student counseling benchmark has no research basis ([link removed])
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Harvard graduate student traces an oft-repeated education number to a "personal appraisal" by a former university president.

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