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Never let a good crisis go to waste. It is an opportunity to do the things you once thought were impossible.
Rahm Emanuel
Enfoque Educación
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Desirée Denaro is a Project Assistant at Scholas Occurrentes – an educational nonprofit organization led by Pope Francis that promotes training projects around the world. Scholas links technology with art and engages sport to promote social integration and culture gatherings in search for peace.
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Entry by Elena Arias Ortiz, Andrea Bergamaschi, Marcelo Pérez Alfaro, Madiery Vásquezand Miguel Brechner.
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Students are slowly returning to schools. However, schools are not the same as before, and they are gradually transitioning to a “new normal’’. Experts foresee that COVID-19 will forever alter the world order and paint a new landscape for education. Schools in the education systems that opened recently offer a glimpse of what this change may look like.
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Entry by Anne Sofie Olsen and Javier Prado.
The negative effects that COVID-19 will affect all sectors of the economy, including the education sector. On June 9, 2020, Lenín Moreno, President of the Republic of Ecuador, announced the draft of the Organic Law of Humanitarian Support which states that parents who have lost their jobs and have their children in private educational establishments will receive a support of up to 25% of the monthly tuition fees. If they decide not to continue attending a private school, a spot will be guaranteed in a public one.
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With the closure of ECD centers and preschools in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, young children are among the most affected by the interruption in access to learning opportunities, and by the temporary loss of the protective space offered by school environments.
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Dr. Lee Whitmore is the inaugural executive director for the GRAMMY® Music Education Coalition – a non-profit collective dedicated to building universal music education participation in elementary and secondary schools nationwide.
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We return on Monday… At 8 o'clock, as is the case every week, we will open the doors of our schools. On Monday our students will eagerly enter their classrooms again, and for a while motivation won't be a problem because they've missed us a lot. On Monday even we teachers will gladly grab books and chalk, but tablets not as much. On Monday there will be no normal hours; we will have time to talk and smiles will surely last a little longer on our faces. Which Monday? I don't know.
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Juan M. Hernández-Agramonte (IPA), Carolina Méndez (IDB), Olga Namen (IPA), Emma Näslund-Hadley (IDB), and Luciana Velarde (OSEE, Minedu)
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The COVID-19 crisis is hitting families and educational systems in the region hard. The pandemic has also had a significant impact on private schools and their community. Many families have lost their jobs and income and have been unable to continue paying monthly school fees/tuition. Other families complain that the distance education their children receive today is of a lower quality service than face-to-face education and refuse to pay the full fees.