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Families, COVID, and Unequal Schooling in the US: Resilient Learning Ecologies, Intersectional Portraits, and Layered Theoretical Perspectives book cover

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Families, COVID, and Unequal Schooling in the US Resilient Learning Ecologies, Intersectional Portraits, and Layered Theoretical Perspectives

Edited By Shelley Goldman, Brigid Barron, Elizabeth B. Kozleski, Antero Garcia Copyright 2026
258 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

258 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book explores how parents became education partners in new and unexpected ways during the COVID pandemic. Emerging from a range of research studies, it reframes how researchers, educators, school leaders, and policymakers can establish and foster more equitable partnerships with families. The authors ultimately argue that COVID schooling erased boundaries between schools and families as... Read more

Part I: Families, COVID, And Unequal Schooling; 1. Same Storm, Different Boats: Learning from Families Under Duress to Frame a More Resilient Future; Part II: Families Experiences: Responding to School Needs and Organizing Learning at Home; 2. Shifting Frames in the Service of Learning: Caregivers as Collaborators and Co-Designers during School Closures; 3. WE GOT ‘DIS: Black and Brown Family Literacy Practices in the Pandemic; 4. Digital Screens as Teachers during the Pandemic; 5. Blocking, Filtering, Brokering, Collaborating: Caregiver Information Management Practices during Covid-19 Lockdowns; 6. Educating Whose Children? Reflecting on Families’ COVID Experiences through a Child’s Pandemic Communication with Her Academic Mother in Pictures, Post-its, and Portraits; Part III: What Was Learned from Families and Their Wider System Interactions; 7. Educator Actions to Care for Youth and Families of Color during the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic; 8. Four Dimensions of Equity-Oriented Family-School Partnerships: Lessons from Family Engagement during the Pandemic; 9. Lessons to Keep: Learning in the Time of Covid; 10. A Tale of Two Working Mothers: The Intersection of COVID-19 and Feminism in the United States; 11. Administrator Work and Parent Responses during COVID School Closures: A Case Study in a K-8 District; 12. A Different Narrative: Centering Black Families in Pandemic Remote Learning; Part IV: Conclusions and Implications for the Future; 13. Building Bridges with Families for Equitable Learning and Schooling

Biography

Shelley Goldman is Professor Emerita of Teaching at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, USA.

Brigid Barron is the Margaret Jacks Professor of Education and the Learning Sciences at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, USA.

Elizabeth B. Kozleski is Professor of Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, USA.

Antero Garcia is Professor of Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, USA.

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