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Considerations for Quality Education and Welcoming Communities during Covid-19

Current global experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic underscore the need for collective action to ensure that all young people have access to inclusive and quality learning, the chance to develop relationships of belonging, and the ability to create future opportunities.

In our New Perspectives section below, we are sharing insights about the ways individuals, communities, and institutions are coming together to foster welcoming communities and quality education during school closures caused by Covid-19. We are also on the lookout for additional perspectives on these issues. If you have thoughts, ideas or suggestions, please write to reach@gse.harvard.edu.

We will update this page frequently, so please check back often.

Continuing Learning and Community During School Closures: Lessons from our work at REACH

A classroom scene at a school run by the Hawa Abdi Centre in the Afgooye Corridor, Somalia. Credit: UN Photo/Tobin Jones. (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). No changes made. bit.ly/2US9O2A.

Massive expansion of education over the past four decades has meant that a defining feature of the daily lives and developmental trajectories of children and young people is going to school. More than 90 percent of children and young people globally are now facing disruptions to their education as a result of Covid-19.

The scale of these school closures is unprecedented, yet the nature of them is not. At REACH, we find important lessons in historical and contemporary situations in which schools are closed.

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