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Dear reader,

A ray of light emerged in the gloom of the coronavirus this week for a family in Columbus, Ohio – and by extension, for all of us.

There were days since the pandemic began when U.S. Army veteran and certified medical assistant Kaneadsha Jones felt hopeless, struggling to pay bills, buy food and afford internet so her kids could stay in school.

After Hechinger multimedia editor Jackie Mader told Jones’ story, more than 600 donors contributed over $30,000 via a GoFundMe page, along with gift cards, dinners and enough groceries for the family to share with neighbors who also didn’t have enough to eat.

We were thrilled to bring you this story, which also appeared in USA Today, along with a look at some positive educational changes the coronavirus has wrought, co-published in The New York Times’s Learning section. As always, we love to hear from our readers.

Liz Willen, Editor

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Main Idea

With help slow to come from Washington, a veteran’s family gets by washing cars, skipping meals

Many months into the pandemic, many families are going without basic needs.

Gifted Education Special Report

Why decades of trying to end racial segregation in gifted education haven’t worked

Is it even possible to make a concept that has racist origins more equitable?

Getting rid of gifted programs: Trying to teach students at all levels together in one class

Districts are eliminating gifted and talented classifications to try serving students of various academic abilities in integrated classrooms. In some places, it’s working — but schools also face unanticipated challenges.

Should we screen kids’ genes to ‘predict’ how successful they’ll be in school?

Scientists feel we’re still far from that possibility, but new research could make it possible to spot the genetic patterns associated with educational performance.

Reading List

PROOF POINTS: When women studied with women, they persisted, study finds

In a Swiss experiment, women assigned to male-dominated study groups were more likely to drop an economics class.

OPINION: Why we need a new pedagogy for our post-Covid future

As devastating as the pandemic has been on education, it also presents an opportunity to reorient instruction to be more interdisciplinary, learner-driven and community-oriented.

Is it time to stop segregating kids by ability in middle school math?

A New York school district limits tracking amid concerns that students of color are overrepresented in lower-level math and that kids in higher-level math aren’t benefiting. Parents are pushing back.

OPINION: The invisible toll of mass incarceration on childhood development

Parental incarceration exposes children to ‘toxic stress’ and causes them to miss out on nurturing relationships, potentially disrupting brain development and contributing to poor educational outcomes.

OPINION: Why we need a new generation of special education teachers

Black and Brown students with disabilities are among the most marginalized groups in schools.

Some child care centers have become more than places that provide care

Early ed agencies and centers are trying to meet the basic needs of families during the pandemic.

Making positive educational moves during the pandemic

A sampling of Hechinger reporting for The New York Times’s Learning section.

Solutions

"In rural Virginia, remote schoolwork is powered by the sun," Daily Yonder

This week’s solutions section came from SolutionsU powered by Solutions Journalism Network and their database of solutions journalism. Search for more solutions.

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