BNV SPECIAL REPORT: COVID-19’s IMPACT ON SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION
Black News & Views’ parent organization, the National Association of Black Journalists, has partnered with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to administer grants to journalists for work exploring the impact of COVID-19 on K-12 education. The program’s mission is to support the Black press and its communities. Black-owned media outlets, NABJ members and others were invited to compete. The stories below are among the winning entries:
In the era of COVID-19, Tulsa public schools lost a generation of Black and brown children
By Gary Lee
The Oklahoma Eagle
Educators share how disparities impacted Oakland high schoolers during COVID-19 pandemic
By Brandy Collins
shades Magazine
Virginia man shares his story of being disabled by COVID
By Delonte Harrod
The Intersection Mag
COVID-19’s lasting impact on one Washington, D.C., family
By Delonte Harrod
The Intersection Mag
Maryland program serving the disabled survives despite the pandemic
By Delonte Harrod
The Intersection Mag
Local efforts to vaccinate working-class people against COVID-19 impacted by lack of funding
By Delonte Harrod
The Intersection Mag
The path forward: How one Alabama middle school prospered during the COVID-19 pandemic
By Jessica Halsey
Macon Cares
Nutrition and COVID: How one school system navigated challenges
By Maya Ginyard
Macon Cares
Teachers and school staff share their COVID-19 struggles
By Karin Davis Thompson & Andreas Butler
Daytona Times
Students in all school environments are feeling the effects of the pandemic
By Karin Davis Thompson
Students still struggle with the impact of COVID-19 quarantine
By Beverly James
Daytona Times
Public school parents share how pandemic continues to impact their children
By Andreas Butler
Daytona Times
From Katrina to COVID: How the pandemic impacted New Orleans high school students
By Justina Boyd
Vanguard Nola
Growing pains: The first babies to experience childhood during the pandemic
By Alexandria Green-Jones
Bayou Beat News
Growing pains: The babies who navigated development despite
the COVID crisis
By Alexandria Green-Jones
Bayou Beat News
Growing pains: The babies who learned despite the COVID crisis
By Alexandria Green-Jones
Bayou Beat News
Growing pains: The babies who navigated social anxiety despite the COVID crisis
By Alexandria Green-Jones
Bayou Beat News
Despite the pandemic, Dontay Brown kept kale salad in the cafeteria
By Yolanda Young
Rolling Out
Anna Grant lost her daughter and suffered a stroke; then came the pandemic
By Yolanda Young
Rolling Out
