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SCHOOLS PLAY A VITAL ROLE in Ensuring Equitable Recovery From the Pandemic for Our Kids
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused profound changes in people all across the world. Education system disruptions during the last year have already resulted in significant losses and inequities in learning. While all efforts to deliver remote training are commendable, they have proven to be a poor substitute for face-to-face learning. The affected children’s future wages, school closures, and the ensuing disruptions to school participation and learning are expected to cost $10 trillion. However, schools have a vital role to play in ensuring equitable recovery for our kids.
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he insights that schools have into their communities’ most pressing needs should serve as the foundation for long-term investment that produces the best learning conditions for children. Recovery funding should be responsive to local needs and long-term in nature. Students’ physical, social, and mental health needs should be addressed. As the virus spreads, kids and families will want assistance in meeting basic necessities and dealing with issues ranging from worry to trauma caused by major life disruptions. Students are unable to achieve their academic potential without socioemotional and mental health care, according to research. States and districts should increase access to mental health services in schools, including school nurses and counseling programs. They can also work with community organizations to help families who are underprivileged.
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ROLES OF SCHOOLS IN RECOVERY Schools also play an important role in assuring the supply of basic health services, as well as protection and psychosocial support, all over the world. As a result, school closures have harmed children’s general well-being and development, not simply their academic performance. Students will require individualized and ongoing support to help them adjust and catch up following the pandemic. All children and youth have returned to school and are receiving the individualized services they require to satisfy their educational, health,
