Column: COVID-19 slide will worsen educational inequities unless Congress steps in
By Tom Scott and Tim Nicolette on April 30, 2020
Like the rest of the nation, the commonwealth is in the midst of a public health crisis that is not only affecting our way of life in unprecedented ways, it is decimating our economy to an extent not seen since the Great Depression.
The COVID-19 pandemic is also disrupting our children’s education, closing district and charter public schools for an extended period of time and forcing sudden and fundamental changes in how nearly one million children across the state are learning.
Our children’s education – and their futures – cannot become collateral damage of the virus. The next federal stimulus package needs to include funding for interventions that would mitigate the long-term impact that nearly six months of disrupted and lost learning time (mid-March to September) will have on opportunities our children will be afforded once the economy is “reopened.”
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