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When Schools Close & Parents Lose Jobs, Kids Go Hungry

by Julie Morris | Apr 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy, Research

Food is one of the most basic needs, yet many families routinely struggle to access it. As of 2017, around 1 in 7 Texans reported experiencing food insecurity. With unemployment rising and many families losing income due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this number has...

VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE: Keeping Children Safe During COVID-19

by Julie Morris | Apr 30, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 Policy, Human Trafficking, Parenting

Child safety experts from Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, and the Rio Grande Valley highlight how COVID-19 is impacting their regions, what they are doing to adapt, and what Texas Legislators need to know. While children have largely been spared the worst of the...

Educational Equity in the Digital Classroom: It is all about access

by Julie Morris | Apr 21, 2020 | C@R Blog, COVID-19, K-12 Education, Research

Forced adaptation is a concept in biology that describes the modification of an organism’s properties by imposing drastic changes to its environment. This may be done purposefully, to bring out characteristics deemed beneficial, such as improving the...

VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE: Texas Child Care & COVID-19

by Julie Morris | Apr 21, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 Policy, Early Childhood Education

Child care experts from Amarillo, Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, and Lubbock highlight how COVID-19 is impacting their regions, what they are doing to adapt, and what Texas Legislators need to know. Before COVID-19, 1 in 12 Texas children lived in a child care...

What COVID-19 Means for Texas Children & Families

by Julie Morris | Mar 17, 2020 | C@R Blog, COVID-19, COVID-19 Research

Amidst the closures and stop gaps in business as usual, our thoughts turn to the state, local, and community institutions grappling with how to keep Texas families safe and healthy. According to the most recently available census data, more than 1.5 million in Texas...
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