 Dear reader,
Picture this: Four children sitting in a McDonald’s parking lot 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 this week looking at how the coronavirus is widening gaps for vulnerable children across the country. That includes twice-hit New Orleans students, Native American youth and the children of essential workers.
We also bring you an investigation of our nation’s troubled child care system, hear from a science teacher who worries about being stopped by police and mistaken for a suspect, and take a closer look at police education during this volatile time. As always, we love to hear from our readers. Stay healthy!
Liz Willen, Editor
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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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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.
In the Mississippi Delta, escaping poverty has always been difficult. Then the coronavirus hit.
These students in Queens had to deal with ailing parents, dying family members and economic insecurity — all while attending virtual class.
A mother in Oklahoma was poised for release from prison and eager to support her kids’ education. Then the coronavirus deepened their family separation.
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.
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.
The pandemic is propelling this trend, which speeds up degrees and saves students money.
A multiracial science teacher worries for himself and his students, saying ‘we still have a lot of work to do.’
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Solutions
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‘We didn't quit on them': Inside the search for students who went missing from class when schools closed," NBC News
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