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Parenting in a Pandemic

Raising and remote schooling kids while trying to make a living during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Parenting in a Pandemic

Parents turn to private "pods" to school children

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 21, 2020
The groups of families are a way to mitigate the cost of schooling at home.
TOPSHOT - Instructor Chablis Torres (C) reads to children in a pre-school class, wearing masks and at desks spaced apart as per coronavirus guidelines during summer school sessions in Monterey Park, California on July 9, 2020.
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Parenting in a Pandemic

Moms are reducing work hours 4-5 times more than dads during pandemic

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 16, 2020
It could leave them vulnerable to layoffs, stalled careers and lower pay for years to come, new studies find.
A mom helps her two daughters with schoolwork during the pandemic in New York.
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Parenting in a Pandemic

School districts weigh health risks and costs of reopening in the fall

by Justin Ho
Jul 14, 2020
The LA Unified School District, the second-largest in the country, will go online-only in the fall.
The Los Angeles Unified School District, which is sticking with online classes come August, has over 600,000 students. Testing them for COVID-19 could cost $300 per student over the year.
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Parenting in a Pandemic

Working parents could face discrimination as pandemic wears on

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 9, 2020
A California woman has sued her employer, saying she was fired because of her child care responsibilities.
A mother works from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Women are reducing their work hours much more than men to take care of children and attend to household needs.
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My Economy

A family farm's quandary: small kids, no school and harvest around the corner

by Andie Corban
Jul 9, 2020
Soon the Schwagerls of Browns Valley, Minnesota, will need "all hands on deck." But they are facing fall with without child care or school.
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Parenting in a Pandemic

President Trump pushes officials to reopen up schools this fall

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Kimberly Adams and Alex Schroeder
Jul 8, 2020
The main argument is that it's worse for kids to stay at home and stick to remote learning when compared to the risk of illness or even death.
The decision of whether to keep schools and universities open during the pandemic has been mostly a local decision up to this point.
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Parenting in a Pandemic

Teachers push back against school reopening plans

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 2, 2020
School closures have made work almost impossible for many parents, but classrooms present health risks.
An elementary school teacher reads to her class online as she sits in her empty classroom.
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Parenting in a Pandemic

Summer is here. Is camp safe?

by Samantha Fields
Jun 29, 2020
Many day camps are opening, many sleepaway camps are not. Parents are trying to decide if it’s safe, and worth it.
Many day camps are opening this summer, but a lot of parents are worried about COVID-19.
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Reimagining the Economy

COVID-19 could devastate nation's youth when it comes to school, work, new report finds

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Jun 10, 2020
"Disconnected youth" are neither attending school nor working. COVID-19 could push the youth disconnection rate to 1 in 5 young people.
"All of us pay a high price for youth disconnection," says Measure of America's Kristen Lewis, "because it leads to lower tax revenues, reduced competitiveness as a nation, higher health and criminal justice costs and much more."
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COVID-19

Economies are reopening, but the child care question persists

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jun 8, 2020
An industry stretched thin before the pandemic is now at a breaking point.
A mother helps her daughters with schoolwork in March. As the economy opens back up, school programs remain shut down.
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