By: Callie Womble Edwards, Ph.D. and Patricia Hilliard, Ph.D. Despite decades of school reform initiatives focused on closing the racialized achievement gap, Black, Latinx, and Indigenous students continue to experience systemic barriers to a high quality education. Students of color are disproportionately placed in special education programs, more likely to attend a re-segregated and under-resourced
The youngest of the five children in our family spent the end of his first year of high school and all of his second year of high school “attending” school each day by logging into virtual classroom spaces. Unlike his older brothers, the youngest has a strong dislike for schooling yet he has always appreciated
While teaching virtually in the 2020 pandemic, I asked my students, Any comments or questions? If so, unmute yourself and speak up. One day, I heard my own words. I wanted to “unmute myself.” Background: A virus had snatched loved ones and swiped our sense of smell. Quarantine had given us fear, cabin fever, and
By: Dr. Heather K. Olson Beal (Stephen F. Austin State University)Dr. Lauren Brewer (Stephen F. Austin State University)Dr. Chrissy Cross (Stephen F. Austin State University)Dr. Lauren Burrow (Stephen F. Austin State University)Dr. Shelby Gull Laird (North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Whiteville)Dr. Brittany Fish (Sam Houston State University) Researchers studying work-family policies at institutions of
A narrative surrounding the pandemic and K-12 education is how uniquely disruptive and traumatic COVID-19 has been for students and families. Of course, many families have experienced the adverse effects of the pandemic. However, such a perspective ignores that schools are often difficult spaces for racially minoritizedstudents and families to navigate and thrive within. For
If crises make the invisible visible, then certainly the pandemic has brought to light our national dependence on care work. At the peak of the pandemic, sociologist Jessica Calarco tweeted, “When other countries have safety nets, the US has women.” As schools hastily shifted to distance learning with the onset of COVID-19, parents with school-aged children
Since the early months of 2020, the COVID-19 global pandemic has devastated communities throughout the world and transformed education as we previously knew it. It has also exposed deep inequities that have plagued educational systems for generations, particularly for racially minoritized students, families living in poverty, students with disabilities, and other marginalized groups. In recognition
