Course: Sociodemographic Characteristics and Inequities Associated With Access to In-Person and Remote Elementary Schooling During the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York State
CME Credits: 1.00
Released: 2021-07-15
School districts confronted difficult reopening decisions in Fall of 2020 after pivoting to remote learning in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In its kindergarten to 12th grade school reopening guidance, the National Academies highlighted how uneven reopening plans might exacerbate existing economic and social inequalities among students and recommended prioritizing full-time, in-person reopening for students in kindergarten through fifth grade and students with special needs. New federal guidance about safe, in-person instruction cautions that remote-only education may disproportionately disadvantage low-income children. We compare in-person school reopening decisions in October 2020 by student sociodemographic characteristics in New York State (NYS), which was an early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. We focus on elementary schools because learning loss from remote education may be especially acute among this age group, and COVID-19 transmission is lower among younger children.
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