All students deserve access to an equitable education.

Schools around the nation have shut down in response to COVID-19. While this is an important measure to ensure the safety of our youth, students are missing out on classroom instruction time.

Schools should continue instruction remotely and ensure that their students have equitable access to necessary learning materials. All schools should provide their students with free technological devices and access to internet in order to maximize a student’s distance learning experience.

It is important that districts implement distance learning plans in an equitable manner that supports students. Districts must ensure students with different abilities, English Language Learners, foster youth, youth experiencing homelessness and youth who may not have the necessary technological infrastructure to participate in distance learning have access to the support services they need throughout the duration of distance learning.

Catch up on the recording of our July 2 webinar, Education Equity in the Age of COVID-19, here.

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   1. Now more than ever it's important that we put equity into practice. School districts must focus on ramping up their support services in order to meet the needs of students with different abilities. #FTCOI https://actionnetwork.org/forms/flatten-the-curve-of-inequality-education-equity
   2. School districts should provide each student w/efficient distance learning materials. Free access to technology & Wi-Fi is critical for the education of our youth during this period of uncertainty. #FlattenTheCurveOfInequality https://actionnetwork.org/forms/flatten-the-curve-of-inequality-education-equity
   3. The mental health of our students should be a priority during and after the COVID-19 crisis. School districts should invest & provide access to culturally competent, school based social-emotional resources to assist youth in these troubling times. #FTCOI https://actionnetwork.org/forms/flatten-the-curve-of-inequality-education-equity
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