This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The shift to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has presented significant challenges for all children and parents, but especially for kids with autism. Children with autism often struggle with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When is the right time to begin caring for a child’s mental health? As she heads off to college? During his high school years? As early as elementary school? The…
Mashable’s Rachel Kraus walks through the many ways the digital divide has intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic — and why thinking about the internet as a freeway could inform how we close it. Read the full…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last fall, a poll released by the Kaiser Family Foundation and The Undefeated showed that seven out of 10 Black Americans believe that people are treated unfairly based on race or ethnicity…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ernest Masereka, a community leader in a tiny village called Rutoke in rural western Uganda, is helping to save lives by running a local health club. The club meets regularly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One year ago, I posted the question, “Who does home care fall on?” I warned that COVID-19’s abrupt impact on home dynamics was falling disproportionately on girls, and particularly, girls of color…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I love my students and, boy, do I miss them. Teaching remotely over a computer is just not the same as seeing them in person. I miss eating breakfast together,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the pandemic forced Austin-based Girlstart to go remote, the priority for Tamara Hudgins, its executive director, was finding a way to maintain that hands-on experience for the girls in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Kids are eager to play ball, and parents are eager to be back on the sidelines supporting them. But COVID-19 cases have risen in places where kids have been playing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Intergenerational shared sites are not a new concept in the United States. Messiah Lifeways, a residential community for older adults in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, opened more than 40 years ago with a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Long before the emergence of COVID-19, the United States was struggling to contain a years-long opioid crisis that took tens of thousands of lives every year. Now, with Oxycontin manufacturer…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Back in 2017, Jamie Margolin, a Seattle high school student, founded an organization called Future Voters for 350ppm. (“Future voters” meaning young people who can’t vote yet, and “350 ppm”…