Talk:Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education

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Where is Libya & Syria?

Where is Libya & Syria? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.16.113.107 (talk) 15:15, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject COVID-19

I've created WikiProject COVID-19 as a temporary or permanent WikiProject and invite editors to use this space for discussing ways to improve coverage of the ongoing 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. Please bring your ideas to the project/talk page. Stay safe, --Another Believer _(Talk) 18:02, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Text published by UNESCO on COVID 19's impact on education is now available under an open license

Hi all

UNESCO has published its 3 pages on COVID 19's impact on education under an open license, please feel free to use here or anywhere else. As you can see I've added some of the text into the article and attributed it as the source for the text in the sources section as per Help:Adding open license text to Wikipedia.

Thanks very much

John Cummings (talk) 14:01, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

This is a great resource, thank you for adding it. Does the open licence extend to the additional UNESCO pages linked on its main page for COVID-19 and education? Specifically, I would like to add information from this page on consequences of school closures.

Thanks, Brinacor (talk) 22:26, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Only the ones I've linked to but I've asked for them to change this one as well, I'll let you know if/when it happens. John Cummings (talk) 16:45, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

@Brinacor: https://en.unesco.org/themes/education-emergencies/coronavirus-school-closures is now available under CC BY-SA (look at the icon at the bottom of the page). I've added the text and the attribution onto the page but feel free to change. John Cummings (talk) 22:39, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Useful European schools closures table

This table could be useful https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/12/how-do-coronavirus-containment-measures-vary-across-europe

Thanks

John Cummings (talk) 14:25, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Main UNESCO figures updated daily at around 4pm CET

The numbers of countries who are closing schools and universities is growing rapidly, UNESCO is publishing new numbers every day here at 4pm Paris time. You can copy text and tables directly from the page because its available under an open license. @Brinacor:

Thanks

John Cummings (talk) 16:51, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Alabama 18th March Decision

It's not 18th March in Alabama yet. The date must be wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.14.68.243 (talk) 18:00, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Combing the tables and the impact by region sections?

One though I had was combining the tables and the impact by region section so the information is easier to look at by country, which I guess is the way users would want to use it. The only issue is it might make it harder to update, one way to make this easier is the split it the same way UNESCO does and then have a column in the table for region. What do you think @Brinacor:? John Cummings (talk) 18:07, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

I think it's much easier to read now - good call and thanks @John Cummings: for doing the work of synthesizing everything into the table. This also makes it clearer which countries are missing information. Brinacor (talk) 05:22, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

No problem @Brinacor:, I think the main challenge will be keeping the numbers up to date. John Cummings (talk) 09:51, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Suggested map change

See commons:File_talk:COVID-19_school_closures.svg#Show_regions?. --Yair rand (talk) 20:39, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

@Yair rand:, thanks for the suggestion, is there a place on Commons we could ask for this? I don't understand how it could be done. John Cummings (talk) 22:41, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

@John Cummings: So, I was about to make a request to Commons' Map workshop for this, but it seems that UNESCO stopped providing sub-country-level data. Anyone know of another source that lists regions where schools are closed? --Yair rand (talk) 02:24, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Moving the map

Now there is an infobox the map is kind of in a weird place, would it be possible to move it somewhere? I think if it was aligned in the centre maybe at the end of the introduction? I'm not sure how to make this work though. John Cummings (talk) 09:57, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Changing Canada to country-wide closures

Since all schools in Canada are closed, even if they are decided by the provinces, shouldn't it be switched to Country-wide closures? It seems like all schools are extending the closures, and since we have all schools closed it should be switched to country wide closures TheKaloo (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:04, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

• I agree with this. 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Canada indicates all provinces and territories have ordered school closures. 142.122.141.211 (talk) 17:11, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Permanent closure list?

San Francisco Art Institute isn't expecting to re-open, see the bottom of the history section. Is this sort of thing relevant, as a list? -- Zanimum (talk) 13:10, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

I am bad at wikitext

Could someone help me fix my latest Efn footnote because for some reason it doesn’t work Sam1370 (talk) 08:11, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Hmm, it works on the main coronavirus pandemic page, but not on here. Strange Sam1370 (talk) 09:48, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

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Table suggestion

For Impact_of_the_2019–20_coronavirus_pandemic_on_education#Country-wide_school_closures, it would be better to get rid of the see also section and just turn the country names in the first column into wikilinks to the pandemic articles for each one. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 10:37, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Invitation to edit

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Alternative models of schooling

A deletion discussion is in progress regarding the article Pandemic Pods. It would be useful to have expert viewpoints on whether that article has merit and could potentially be merged into this one. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 08:05, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

I dont understand the map

Is it about schools closing from the start of the pandemic? Or about the new simester? Because in Greece schools were closed country-wide for some weeks in March-April-May but in the map it says schools haven't closed, which is false. --MianMianBaoBao (talk) 12:37, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject COVID-19 § Online education articles are a mess of forks

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Proposed Revisions

Hello all! I am interested in bringing this page up to date, and adding more information and sources. I hope to bring a more global persepctive to the effects of COVID-19 on education, and add information that better reflects the global state of affairs. Alternatively, a new page could be created that focuses on the impacts of COVID-19 on solely U.S. education, given the heavy U.S. perspective on this page, especially in the formal education section. I am looking forward to working with other wikipedians and recieving feedback on how to make this page better. Thanks!Melired (talk) 02:37, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Breaking up the page into sub pages?

I know that the UK has a specific page on COVID-19 and its effects on its education system. When would be the time to do the same for some other countries? I added a little portion about private schools in the US to this larger page, but it would probably make the most sense to have it on a page specific to the US. Nick Lee 23 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 18:18, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

I agree with Nick Lee. I think the article is already very extensive, and breaking it up into subpages (at least for countries where there are enough sources to warrant it) would be best to capture national differences.Melired (talk) 20:18, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Nature review article

• Goudeau, Sébastien; Sanrey, Camille; Stanczak, Arnaud; Manstead, Antony; Darnon, Céline (27 September 2021). "Why lockdown and distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to increase the social class achievement gap". Nature Human Behaviour. doi:10.1038/s41562-021-01212-7.

This is a thorough review and solid article. It is global and describes general trends across many countries, so applies well to this high level Wikipedia article. I am inserting a brief mention. Anyone else could consider more either from this paper or its 100 citations.

Blue Rasberry (talk) 13:07, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Test products removed from lead

I removed this content from the lead

On 23 March 2020, Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) released a statement announcing the cancellation of Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge O Level, Cambridge International AS & A Level, Cambridge AICE Diploma, and Cambridge Pre-U examinations for the May/June 2020 series across all countries. International Baccalaureate exams have also been cancelled. In addition, Advanced Placement Exams, SAT administrations, and ACT administrations have been moved online or cancelled.

References

These are products for sale, while this article is about the fundamental nature of education. We do not need to name such names here, and anyway, we have no reliable citations in this. If this were not the in lead I would have deleted it outright but since this content has been here for a while I am making a note here. Blue Rasberry (talk) 13:15, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Adding More Information to Vaccination Section

I am planning on adding more information to the “Vaccination” section including more information about how many universities instated vaccine mandates and controversies and issues that rose from those mandates. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Midweststudent (talk • contribs) 17:06, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Adding More Information to "Online Learning Platforms"

I plan on adding more information to the section "Online Learning Platforms" including adding platforms such as Zoom and Google Classroom.Wikijasonia (talk) 00:46, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Higher Education

Interesting stuff found on higher education and the impacts of COVID-19. I am planning to add how distance learning has affected certain education. It may seem obvious that the effects of transitioning to distance learning translates to a different - if not worse - experience for occupations that require hands-on interactive learning. However, I am curious to see the long-term effects on the success of future classes of professions that have had their training altered significantly when compared to the legacy professionals and employees.

PatouisVuitton (talk) 01:57, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

Impect of covid 19 pandemic on education

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Title

Most all the effects discussed in the article come from the COVID lockdowns implemented in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. I think the article's name should be changed to reflect that. SonsyEpicMap (talk) 23:12, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

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Inequality in Secondary Education

1. Access to Technology and Learning Resources

High school students from lower-income families were significantly disadvantaged by limited access to technology during remote learning. A survey found that nearly 25% of students in public schools from the most deprived backgrounds lacked access to suitable devices for remote learning during the first lockdown, compared to less than 2% of students in private schools​(Economics Observatory). This digital divide contributed to greater learning loss among disadvantaged students, with those from high-income families benefiting from easier access to digital learning tools and private tutoring​(PLOS).

2. Learning Loss and Academic Achievement

Studies revealed that learning losses were significantly greater among public school students, particularly in districts with limited in-person instruction. For example, students in districts that offered the least in-person learning saw an 18.8% drop in math scores compared to a 5% drop in districts with the most in-person schooling​(Richmond Fed). Additionally, lower socioeconomic status (SES) students faced learning losses as high as 0.4 standard deviations in math after a year of school closures​(PLOS).

3. Mental Health and Student Engagement

The pandemic also exacerbated mental health disparities between students in public and private schools. Students in private schools were twice as likely to report receiving good mental health support (26%) compared to public school students (10%)​(Economics Observatory). Moreover, public school students reported greater difficulty in maintaining engagement with their studies, further widening the achievement gap between students from different backgrounds​(PLOS).

4. Long-Term Educational Impacts

Research indicates that the long-term impacts of the pandemic on educational inequality will likely persist. Students from lower-income households experienced more significant setbacks in learning, which could translate into lower graduation rates and reduced opportunities for higher education. Studies suggest that a six-month school closure could increase the share of students without a high school diploma by 7% and reduce the share of college graduates by 3.2%​(Richmond Fed)​(PLOS). These disparities highlight the need for targeted interventions to address the educational inequalities exacerbated by the pandemic. Jgersh123 (talk) 18:12, 29 September 2024 (UTC)