In April 2021, Trevon Adams, Nadia K. Selby, and Kruschef Sanchez were invited to join Connor Anovick, a former Citizen Schools volunteer himself. They discuss how COVID has impacted public schools and how Citizen Schools supports public schools, both during and before the pandemic.
Read MoreWhen you are serving students during a pandemic, your after-school programming looks a lot different.
Read MoreIf you’re a parent or teacher, you’re probably familiar with the many challenges of remote learning. Sherry Tom, earth science teacher at Hostos Lincoln Academy of Science in Bronx, NY, is both, doing her best to support her students while sharing a workspace with her husband and two elementary school kids. “At school, my kids are led from one activity to the next. When learning from home, they’re expected to navigate Google Classroom on their own because I’m working and their dad is working.”
Read MoreIn early March, UNESCO confirmed that school closures in an effort to curb the COVID-19 pandemic have affected 290 million students across 22 countries. In the U.S., school closures due to coronavirus have impacted at least 124,000 U.S. public and private schools and affected at least 55.1 million students.
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