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Picture this: Four children sitting in a McDonald’s parking lot ([link removed]) in Greenville, Mississippi, as the eldest tries to connect to the restaurant’s Wi-Fi to complete her homework. It’s one of many stories we bring you as part of a new series ([link removed]) this week looking at how the coronavirus is widening gaps for vulnerable children across the country. That includes twice-hit New Orleans students ([link removed]) , Native American youth ([link removed]) and the children of essential workers ([link removed]) .

We also bring you an investigation of our nation’s troubled child care system ([link removed]) , hear from a science teacher ([link removed]) who worries about being stopped by police and mistaken for a suspect, and take a closer look at police education ([link removed]) during this volatile time. As always, we love to hear from our readers. Stay healthy!

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** Critical Condition: The Students the Pandemic Hit Hardest ([link removed])
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The coronavirus pandemic closed schools and launched a national experiment in remote learning that has been chaotic and stressful for millions of American families. But in some households, the shift to homeschool was particularly catastrophic. In this series we profile vulnerable children whose education was already precarious and how the disease has exacerbated gaps in opportunities and resources for communities already on the edge.
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** The ‘Katrina-to-Covid Class’: How the coronavirus era affects New Orleans students more acutely ([link removed])
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Floodwaters and fear shaped the earliest memories of high school seniors in New Orleans. Now, they’re graduating in the middle of another major crisis for their city.



** Homework in a McDonald’s parking lot: Inside one mother’s fight to help her kids get an education during coronavirus ([link removed])
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In the Mississippi Delta, escaping poverty has always been difficult. Then the coronavirus hit.



** A semester of trauma, sickness and death at a New York school ([link removed])
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These students in Queens had to deal with ailing parents, dying family members and economic insecurity — all while attending virtual class.



** ‘It’s really hard to parent from behind bars’ ([link removed])
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A mother in Oklahoma was poised for release from prison and eager to support her kids’ education. Then the coronavirus deepened their family separation.



** Broken system: Child care subsidies ensure low-quality, limit access ([link removed])
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By the time available federal and state child care subsidies are divided among the small fraction of eligible families served, checks are so small providers can barely make ends meet.



** Police education is broken. Can it be fixed? ([link removed])
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A patchwork system for training police focuses too much on military approaches and not enough on de-escalation and anti-bias. Past attempts at reform haven’t led to wholesale change.



** As students fill summer courses, many ask: Why aren’t all colleges open in the summers? ’ ([link removed])
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The pandemic is propelling this trend, which speeds up degrees and saves students money.



** TEACHER VOICE: ‘Which police officer will see me not as an educator or a scientist, but as a suspect?’ ([link removed])
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A multiracial science teacher worries for himself and his students, saying ‘we still have a lot of work to do.’

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