ore likely to experience challenges with housing, food, safety, and social emotional and trauma informed needs. The National Center for Learning Disabilities, the National Education Association, the Center for Black Educator Development, CAST, Education Commission of the States, Learning Ally, Learning Forward, Quality Matters, Southeast Asian Resource Action Center, SchoolHouse Connection, Understood, and UnidosUS developed the Questions guide, and have selected a related set of resources to help educators, school leaders, district administrators, and state and federal policymakers address four key considerations of accessibility, capacity, learning opportunities, and outcomes.
Health Equity Tracker: Advancing Health Equity: Provides a detailed view of health outcomes by race, ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status, and other critical factors. Providing county- and state-level information, this database can help illuminate what resources and support affected communities need to be able to improve their outcomes. Prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Health Equity Tracker was created by the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine to aggregate up-to-date demographic data from the hardest-hit communities. Read a description of the tracker by the Health Equity Leadership & Exchange Network.
Equity, Relationships, and Learning: Opportunities for Family, School, and Community Engagement within the American Rescue Plan: Highlights funding opportunities for family, school and community engagement [FSCE] within the March 2021 American Rescue Plan [ARP]. This guide, produced by the National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement [NAFSCE], is designed to inform local and district level planning.
Child Trends: COVID-19, Latest Research: Presents research curated by Child Trends researchers to help policymakers, program staff, and parents understand how best to support all children during the pandemic and mitigate the potential harm that this crisis poses to our youngest populations. In presenting selected new research, Child Trends’ blog highlights how the COVID-19 virus is presenting significant challenges for many children, and especially those from low-income families, those in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, and those who are homeless or have a disability.
Return to School: Culturally Responsive Practices in Times of Adversity: Shares trauma-informed methods for supporting student well-being during times of adversity, and pertinent research. During this extended COVID-19 emergency, as some students are returning to school buildings while others remain off campus, this 78-minute recorded webinar features practitioners and content experts sharing culturally responsive best practices to support student engagement and well-being.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Reducing Stigma: Defines stigma; explains how fear and anxiety about a disease can lead to social stigma that hurts everyone and is counterproductive; and offers a list of steps communicators can take to help counter stigma during the COVID-19 response.
Shift to At-Home and Online Learning Underscores the Importance of Culturally Responsive Education Practices in Schools: Shares insights from a middle school principal and a Mathematica researcher about disparities that impact learning opportunities for some individuals to continue learning at-home. This one-hour video episode of On the Evidence features insights from research and the field on implementing culturally responsive practices to weaken and surmount social and institutional barriers that inhibit student success.
Three Steps for using Culturally Responsive Practices to Support Equity During Remote Learning: Examines equity and culturally responsive practices in light of COVID-19, part of a collaboration between REL Mid-Atlantic and REL Pacific.
The Needs and Joys of our (Im)migrant* Students, Families and Community Partners: Exploring and Expanding Our School Mental Health Practice: Offers a three-part webinar series and ensuing learning community opp