Parenting and learning in a time of global pandemic: what policy makers and school leaders should do for children’s education right now and consider the future

Roughly 1.5 billion children globally are out of school due to the pandemic. As many schools turned to online learning, preliminary research already questions whether the current arrangements might result in poorer educational outcomes. Velislava Hillman examines the direction of education policy globally and what kind of learning can be enabled in a time when back-to-school is still far ahead.