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Despite technological advances, many US schools are still likely to cancel school in the event of a big snowstorm.
Although teen perfectionists often appear to be doing well on the surface, they are not impervious to hardships. They are young people who are often in need of support.
Young Ugandans have already fallen far behind in their learning because of COVID.
President Joe Biden’s suggestion that the COVID-19 pandemic is over has led to a backlash among some experts who suggest the comment is premature – and counterproductive.
Researchers studying ways to foster children’s inclusion in society worked with teachers to adapt classroom practices, like dedicated dialogue circles, to online learning.
Instruction through mobile phones can provide an effective, scalable method to provide education instruction when schooling is disrupted.
The lack of a fully interactive environment in kindergarten due to pandemic school closures may negatively impact some children’s learning in later grades.
Teachers went to great effort to help parents support their children’s learning.
Ontario’s incoming government after the election will have its work cut out for it in restoring the public’s faith after extensive school closures.
Time out of school erased a year’s worth of schooling for public school learners in South Africa.
Children missed out on some of the curriculum, but not on learning.
Many young women faced challenges with online learning and studying at home during COVID, but some showed resilience and a determination to achieve their educational goals.
Kindergarten educators who taught from home during COVID-19 and who were primarily responsible for their own children self-reported poorer mental health than those without these responsibilities.
School closures were hard, but led to new skills that should be built upon.
Early childhood development centres in South Africa, particularly in low-income communities, provide services which many of these children and their families wouldn’t cope without.
Emerging evidence shows that, for young people, the effects of COVID on education have already been devastating.
Despite government efforts to provide digital resources for students kept out of school for most of 2020, access to these platforms was deeply unequal
We investigated the initiatives schools around the world took to help support and maintain the well-being of their students and staff. We pulled out seven things that made a difference.
They called for time to play and mental health support.
Top contributors
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Director, Center for Community Child Health Royal Children's Hospital; Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne; Theme Director Population Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Research Officer, Swansea University
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Senior Principal Research Fellow; paediatrician; infectious diseases epidemiologist; vaccinologist, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Economics and South African Research Chair in the Economics of Social Policy, Stellenbosch University
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Adjunct Professor of Education, Saint Mary’s University
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Paediatrician at the Royal Childrens Hospital and Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist, University of Melbourne and MCRI, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Lecturer in Education, Swansea University
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Assistant Professor in Education and International Development, UCL
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Executive Director, Youth Impact, Senior Fellow, University of Oxford
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Post-doctoral fellow, Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University
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Professor of Education Innovation, De Montfort University
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Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
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Professor of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Victoria University
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Hon Prof, Dept of Child & Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
