COVID-19 Education Resources
COVID-19: A Changing Landscape in Education
American education will be transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the lockdown, and eventually, the recovery. As a leader in evidence-based educational policy and practice, the Johns Hopkins School of Education is on the front lines shaping how our profession responds to the challenges. This site is a trove of timely and relevant research, expertise, guidance, and resources to help families, teachers, and district leaders emerge from the crisis stronger than ever. Updated regularly. Please share.
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Filling in the Blanks on Reopening Schools
In the coming months, the prospect of reopening schools will present a difficult test for school districts, policymakers, and families alike. A new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security calls for a national research mandate to “fill in the blanks” on children and COVID-19.
Reopening Recommendations
The Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy teams up with Chiefs for Change to provide research and recommendations for reopening K-12 schools when public health officials deem it safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Are all school closures created equal?
Assistant Professor Annette Anderson, an expert in educational equity, discusses how COVID-19’s disruption to public schooling has been especially pronounced in schools that serve lower-income communities.
From classroom to quarantine, the future of online learning
Now that the pandemic has pushed America’s schools online, will online learning just fade away as we recover? James Diamond, faculty lead for the School of Education’s Digital Age Learning and Educational Technology program, weighs in on the future of online learning.
Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity
Noted reformer Bob Balfanz says the pandemic and school shutdowns are no time for hand wringing, but a golden opportunity to reassess our educational system and repair long-intractable problems. The result will not only improve student performance, but make schools more connected to their communities.
China’s Online Experiment
A professor with appointments at Johns Hopkins and in Hong Kong edits the first series of peer-reviewed papers exploring China’s nationwide effort to support education through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Voices+Opinion
OPINION
When Students Go Back to School, Too Many Will Start the Year Behind. Here’s How to Catch Them Up — in Real Time
David Steiner and Dan Weisberg
The COVID-19 School Closure Response Checklist
This tool helps school leaders navigate caring for students during the COVID-19 closures. It guides teams to think collaboratively and responsibly about five essential care components—continuity of learning, food security, health, housing and safety, and supervision.
There has never been a greater need for schools of education to be relevant. It is time to come together and offer teachers, families, districts, and communities the very best of our research-to-practice expertise.
Christopher C. Morphew
Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Education
Resources For
Families
A Homeschooler’s Primer
Two mothers who are certified teachers and education researchers at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy offer tips and resources to make our nationwide involuntary experiment in homeschooling work for all.
Keep the Light On
From an interactive rendering of Dante’s Inferno to a real-time replay of the first moon landing, kids of all ages will light up at this list of 100 online education resources from the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth.
Less-Distant Distance Learning
Linda Carling, of the Johns Hopkins Center for Technology in Education, offers eight great tips to help you help your kids stay focused and engaged during the relatively new experience of distance learning.
Civics Starts at Home
Parents: One day, your children will be eligible to vote—and run for office. This friendly at-home guide from the experts at the Institute for Education Policy can help you nurture engaged citizens.
Video Lessons Galore
A resource for neophyte homeschoolers of pre-K and early elementary-age kids from the Success for All Foundation. This well runs deep.
A Shared Set of IDEALS
Resources For
Teachers
The Value of Connectedness
In a video presentation, Robert Balfanz talks about what makes a school truly connected to its community and why connectedness is so important for adolescents when schools go remote.
Special Times for Special Needs
These grave times are especially risky for special-needs students. Here’s a look at the educational challenges these kids and their parents face and tips for successfully negotiating the shift to online learning.
Social Distance Without Social Isolation
In an article published by the American Consortium for Equity in Education, Assistant Professor Carey Borkoski and co-author Brianne Roos consider how adopting a community of inquiry framework might help close the “transactional distances” of learning during a pandemic.
Making Assistive Technology Go the Distance
Assistive technology can be a critical education resource for students with disabilities. Mark Trexler, associate research scientist at the Center for Technology in Education, offers five key tips for using AT effectively during distance learning.
Narrowing the Digital Divide
Educators who are confronting a dramatic digital divide between the technology haves and have-nots will appreciate this helpful guide for making sure everyone is learning now that so many classrooms have expanded to the kitchen table.
Free TIPS for Pre-K–12 Educators
For teachers whose students do not have computers or Internet access at home, the National Network of Partnership Schools is offering free access to Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork (TIPS) Interactive Homework activities for elementary and middle grades.
Resources For
School Districts
Schools Closed, Minds Open
Saying that technology inequality cannot persist, David Steiner of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, discusses the impact of school closures on learning and how districts are responding to the difficult realities of online learning.
Surviving the Shutdown
A video series by the Center for Safe and Healthy Schools offers advice for schools, families, and communities to stay engaged through lengthy school shutdowns, noting at-risk students need special attention.
Guidance for First Responders
School of Education Professor Sheldon Greenberg’s new COVID-19 guidelines for police patrol officers, security officers, and campus police offer practical expertise in a time of uncertainty and alarm.
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Other COVID-19 Resources
Coronavirus Resource Center
A one-stop repository for all things COVID-19, assembled by the world’s leading experts at Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine. Maps, data, advice, news. It’s all here.
Roundup of School Closures
Read the latest roundup of COVID-19 news and subscribe to receive regular newsletters from expert voices at the Center for Safe and Healthy Schools, Consortium for School-Based Health Solutions, and the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics.
Campus-wide Coverage
A resource for faculty, students, and staff at Johns Hopkins University with a focus on the health and well-being of the university community and continuity of university operations. Daily updates.