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COVID-19 has profoundly disrupted K–12 schooling. A working paper from AIR’s National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) suggests the prevalence of COVID in the community could be an important factor in deciding whether public schools reopen or remain open.
The death of George Floyd, along with racial inequities exacerbated by the global coronavirus pandemic, pushed racial justice issues to the forefront of our conversations in 2020. Sarah Caverly and David Osher discuss the effects on education, using the Austin Independent School District as an example of how a school district addressed issues of persistent racism at the system level.
The coronavirus pandemic claimed more lives among those with certain underlying conditions and disrupted the American economy. AIR worked with CDC and the Office of the Surgeon General to produce a report which aims to demonstrate the link between healthier communities and economic prosperity, and make the case for the private sector to invest in improving community health.
