Inequality in Household Adaptation to Schooling Shocks: COVID-Induced Online Learning Engagement in Real Time. EdWorkingPaper No. 20-256
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| Title: | Inequality in Household Adaptation to Schooling Shocks: COVID-Induced Online Learning Engagement in Real Time. EdWorkingPaper No. 20-256 |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Andrew Bacher-Hicks, Joshua Goodman, Christine Mulhern, Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University |
| Source: | Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. 2020. |
| Availability: | Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 30 |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Elementary Education Kindergarten Primary Education |
| Descriptors: | Distance Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change, Family Income, Educational Resources, School Closing, Access to Internet, Online Searching, Equal Education, Access to Education, Socioeconomic Influences, Rural Schools, Parent School Relationship, Computer Mediated Communication, Learning Management Systems, Information Retrieval, Parent Participation, National Surveys, Information Seeking, Kindergarten, Data Analysis |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | American Community Survey |
| Abstract: | We use high frequency internet search data to study in real time how US households sought out online learning resources as schools closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By April 2020, nationwide search intensity for both school- and parent-centered online learning resources had roughly doubled relative to baseline. Areas of the country with higher income, better internet access and fewer rural schools saw substantially larger increases in search intensity. The pandemic will likely widen achievement gaps along these dimensions given schools' and parents' differing engagement with online resources to compensate for lost school-based learning time. Accounting for such differences and promoting more equitable access to online learning could improve the effectiveness of education policy responses to the pandemic. The public availability of internet search data allows our analyses to be updated when schools reopen and to be replicated in other countries. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | ED671183 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | We use high frequency internet search data to study in real time how US households sought out online learning resources as schools closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By April 2020, nationwide search intensity for both school- and parent-centered online learning resources had roughly doubled relative to baseline. Areas of the country with higher income, better internet access and fewer rural schools saw substantially larger increases in search intensity. The pandemic will likely widen achievement gaps along these dimensions given schools' and parents' differing engagement with online resources to compensate for lost school-based learning time. Accounting for such differences and promoting more equitable access to online learning could improve the effectiveness of education policy responses to the pandemic. The public availability of internet search data allows our analyses to be updated when schools reopen and to be replicated in other countries. |
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