Collaborative Research: School family nexus and educational differences during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond

在这个项目中，我们调查了年轻人生活中的两个重要机构--家庭和学校--在面对COVID-19大流行时的适应情况以及相关措施。研究工作包括记录学校和家庭在危机中的互动情况，分析学校在关闭校舍和将教学转移到网上的情况下促进家庭建立社会资本的过程。 随后，这些家庭/学校的互动和学生的学习经验之间的联系进行了跟踪。 研究结果将为旨在减少差距和促进复原力的研究和决策提供信息。数据主要包括三波的教师，家长和校长的县学区在一个县有相当大的人口和社会经济变化的调查。 这些数据与学区的行政数据以及家长教师组织的数据和全州教师工作条件调查的数据相结合。 这些数据用于解决几个研究问题，包括：1）学校和家庭的合作如何随人口和社会经济地位而变化; 2）这种变化在多大程度上归因于学校之间和学校内部远程学习期间使用的做法的差异; 3）学校和家庭的合作在多大程度上促进了学生及其家庭获得关键资源; 4）学校和家庭的合作在多大程度上减轻了与流行病和相关措施相关的学习损失，以及这在社会群体中的差异。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

In this project the adaptation of two crucial institutions in the lives of young people -- family and school – in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated measures is investigated. Research involves documentation of interactions between schools and families amid the crisis and analysis of the processes through which schools facilitate the construction of social capital among families even as they have closed school buildings and moved instruction online. Subsequently, links are traced between these family/school interactions and students’ learning experiences. Results will inform research and decisions aimed at reducing disparities and fostering resilience. Data consist primarily of three waves of survey of teachers, parents, and principals for a county school district in a county with considerable demographic and socioeconomic variation. These data are combined with administrative data for the school district as well as data on parent-teacher organizations and data from a statewide teacher survey of working conditions. These data are used to address several research questions, including: 1) how school and family collaboration varies with demographic and socioeconomic status; 2) to what extent this variation is attributable to differences in practices used during the remote learning period across and within schools; 3) to what extent school and family collaboration facilitates access to critical resources for students and their families; 4) to what extent school and family collaboration mitigates learning losses associated with the pandemic and related measures and how that varies by social group.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.