Kristen Cox Roby, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Published
4:05 pm UTC Jun. 16, 2021
Kristen Cox Roby, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Published
4:05 pm UTC Jun. 16, 2021
It began with a simple question, a lifetime ago way back in August 2020: What s the best, truest way to tell the story of the children who will learn during the pandemic?
It ended, 10 months later, with a body of journalism that one editor called a perfect time capsule of what education was like during COVID-19.
Learning Curve followed six families for a year from across New York state: Mount Vernon, Middletown, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Binghamton, Utica. We chose them because their children attended urban public school districts giving them a common ground that might reveal shared challenges, such as transportation issues or high-speed Internet access.