التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: |
Health Equity, Schooling Hesitancy, and the Social Determinants of Learning. EdWorkingPaper No. 21-394 |
اللغة: |
English |
المؤلفون: |
Levinson, Meira, Geller, Alan C., Allen, Joseph G., Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University |
المصدر: |
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. 2021. |
الإتاحة: |
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: AISR_Info@brown.edu; Web site: http://www.annenberginstitute.org |
Peer Reviewed: |
N |
Page Count: |
23 |
تاريخ النشر: |
2021 |
نوع الوثيقة: |
Reports - Research |
Descriptors: |
COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, School Safety, Trust (Psychology), Reentry Students, Parent Attitudes, Minority Group Students, Social Influences, Urban Schools, Disease Control, Public Health, Low Income Groups, Racial Differences, Attendance, Equal Education |
مستخلص: |
At least 25 million K-12 students in the U.S.--disproportionately children of color from low-income families--have been physically out of school for a full year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These children are at risk of significant academic, social, mental, and physical harm now and in the long-term; it is thus essential that all students gain access to safe, in-person schooling. We review the literature about the association between school reopening and COVID19 transmission rates, and about the political, social, and environmental conditions that shape families' and teachers' choices to return to in-person schooling. Even though schools can safely be opened with appropriate mitigation measures, we find four reasons for schooling hesitancy: high community transmission rates; the Trump administration's politicization of school re-openings in Summer 2020; long-term histories of mutual mistrust and racialized disinvestment in urban districts; and rational calculation about vulnerability due to the social determinants of health that have led Black and Latinx parents disproportionately to keep their children at home and White families disproportionately to send their children to school. Given the deep interconnections between the social determinants of health and of learning, and between schooling hesitancy and community vulnerability, stark inequities in in-person schooling access and take-up are likely to persist. We recommend that urban school districts invest in scientifically-based facilities upgrades, onsite COVID testing, and increased nursing, counseling, and social work staffing. They must also invest time in humble listening so as to understand and address the causes of parents' schooling hesitancy. In addition to ramping up safe and speedy school reopening now, we must make a long-term commitment to supporting schools as both sites of and contributors to public health, especially in historically marginalized communities. |
Abstractor: |
As Provided |
Entry Date: |
2021 |
رقم الأكسشن: |
ED613645 |
قاعدة البيانات: |
ERIC |