When Education Goes Full Circle: A Dreams Assessment of Black Families and Educators During COVID-19

• In Event: Families and Children Navigating During COVID-19

Abstract

The spread of COVID-19 across the United States (U.S.) and the world disrupted the dreams of many Black communities who faced increasing health and educational challenges. Indeed, stay-at-home orders left schools scrambling to transition to at-home learning. For Black families in particular, this transition posed challenges such as parents juggling their children’s learning with their own obligations and adapting to the demands of the new at-home learning environment. This study demonstrates that in spite of these difficulties, Black children, Black parents, and educators saw opportunities to reassess and redefine the dreams they have for Black children and how to engage in educational and support strategies in a system that was inevitably changing due to the disruption of the pandemic.

Authors

• Amber Majors Ladipo, Village of Wisdom

• Courtney McLaughlin, Village of Wisdom

• Denise Page

• Joy Spencer

• Regina Mays, Village of Wisdom

• Dawn X Henderson, Village of Wisdom