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Hedger, Joseph – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2020
Since states closed school buildings to protect students from COVID-19, schools have had to adapt quickly to keep students learning. Nearly all states put out guidance or resources to help districts and schools institute continuous learning and surmount the challenges faced by students in homes with limited or no internet access and those with…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Distance Education, Online Courses, Educational Technology
Universities UK, 2020
Universities should already have policies and practices in place to support their staff and students experiencing domestic violence and abuse. This briefing includes some information which may be helpful in supporting staff and students at greater risk due to the lockdown period relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. This briefing draws on expert…
Descriptors: Family Violence, School Policy, College Faculty, College Students
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Baquero, Barbara; Gonzalez, Carmen; Ramirez, Magaly; Chavez Santos, Erica; Ornelas, India J. – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed, and intensified, health inequities faced by Latinx in the United States. Washington was one of the first U.S. states to report cases of COVID-19. Public health surveillance shows that 31% of Washington cases are Latinx, despite being only 13% of the state population. Unjust policies related to immigration, labor,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Hispanic Americans, At Risk Persons
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Thomas, James W.; Foster, Holly Ann – History of Education Quarterly, 2020
As colleges and universities respond to the COVID-19 outbreak, many in the media call it "unprecedented." This is not the first time that institutions of higher education have had to respond to an epidemic, however. A historical review of college and university reactions to illnesses such as yellow fever and the 1918 influenza pandemic…
Descriptors: Educational History, Disease Incidence, Higher Education, Educational Change
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Borup, Jered; Jensen, Michelle; Archambault, Leanna; Short, Cecil R.; Graham, Charles R. – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2020
As school closures require educators to transition to remote teaching, relevant models for supporting students are necessary. This article discusses Academic Communities of Engagement (ACE), a framework identifying two communities to help support student engagement: (a) the course community associated with course or school (teacher, peers,…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Distance Education, Communities of Practice, Learner Engagement
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Kalir, Jeremiah H.; Cantrill, Christina; Dean, Jeremy; Dillon, Joe – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic exacerbated long-standing educational inequities associated with technology access, learner agency, and participation in online learning. How were preservice and inservice educators supported in their pursuit of interest-driven professional learning that critically examined the unfolding impact of these inequities? This…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Disease Control, Epidemiology, Public Health
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Andrews, Jessica L.; de Los Rios, Juan Pablo; Rayaluru, Mythreyi; Lee, Seungwon; Mai, Lilly; Schusser, Anna; Mak, Chi H. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, an at-home laboratory program was created and implemented for a section of the general chemistry course at the University of Southern California. The experiments were designed to only utilize safe household items and no special equipment. These laboratory activities, spanning over 4 weeks, focused on concepts usually…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Disease Control, School Closing
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O'Toole, Tara; Burke, Martin D.; Denny, Thomas – National Academies Press, 2020
Experience from the fall 2020 semester suggests that fast, frequent testing can help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in a large and diverse university community, but it must also be emphasized that testing is only one component of a coherent mitigation strategy. A comprehensive approach requires the application of epidemiology and science; rapid…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Disease Control, Higher Education
Malkus, Nat – American Enterprise Institute, 2020
This is the seventh report in the "School District Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic" series, covering how schools reopened for the 2020-21 school year. This report focuses on the new school year using the seventh wave of COVID-19 Educational Response Longitudinal Survey (C-ERLS) data, gathered between August 3 and September 17 from the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, School Schedules
Young, Julie; Donovan, William – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2020
The coronavirus known as COVID-19 has worked its way into nearly every corner of the globe and caused, among other restrictions, a shutdown of most schools across the United States. Desperate not to lose time away from the classroom, school officials are rushing to shift instruction to the Internet. Districts and schools face a daunting challenge…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Crisis Management, Online Courses, Educational Technology
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Wong, Wendy; Sajith, Sreedharan Geetha – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
Background: Pathologic aerophagia (PA) is characterised by excessive swallowing of air resulting in significant abdominal distension or belching. This is a relatively rare condition in general population but has been reported in up to 8.8% of institutionalised patients with intellectual disability. In severe cases, this can cause volvulus and…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Etiology
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Bormann, Inka; Brøgger, Katja; Pol, Milan; Lazarová, Bohumíra – European Educational Research Journal, 2021
This paper develops informed assumptions on the potential loss of trust as an unintended side-effect of the measures in education to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Well-founded concerns according to which the pandemic-induced closure of educational facilities and the shift to digitalized distance education are contributing to…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Trust (Psychology)
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Paulauskaite, Laura; Farris, Ola; Spencer, Helen M.; EPICC-ID group; Hassiotis, Angela – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: Families of children with developmental delays (DD) prior to the COVID-19 pandemic experienced inequalities in accessing health and social care services. Measures put in place to combat the spread of the coronavirus have potentially exacerbated existing inequalities and have led to additional pressures for these families. Methods: We…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developmental Delays, Preschool Children, Severe Disabilities
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Tamrat, Wondwosen – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
This study was conducted to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the private higher education (PHE) sector in Ethiopia. The study employed a mixed-methods design and used diary and survey questionnaires as key data generation tools. The results of the study revealed that the pandemic has severely affected the academic and business operations of PHE…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Private Colleges
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Mantovani, S.; Bove, C.; Ferri, P.; Manzoni, P.; Cesa Bianchi, A.; Picca, M. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2021
The article presents preliminary findings from a family survey about children's experiences during the COVID-19 lockdown, which was administered through the pediatric network SICuPP (Italian Society of Primary Care Pediatricians -- Lombardy) in Northern Italy. The study involved 3443 parents with children aged from 1 to 5 years and from 6 to 10…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
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