Saturday, August 14th, 2021
Special Edition: Back to School & COVID-19
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We’re talking about the back-to-school season and the new hurdles students and parents are facing this year. For starters, many kids are entering the new school year at a severe disadvantage.
A recent study by the consulting firm McKinsey & Company found kids didn’t learn as much as they normally do last year when the pandemic kept taking them out of their routines. Elementary school kids across the country are now about four to five months behind where they should be. We’re speaking with the lead author of the study, Emma Dorn, about how parents and teachers can help their kids catch up and what’s at stake for everyone.
But first, we’ll hear from Dr. Kate Williamson of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She’ll weigh in on what schools and parents can do to keep kids healthy, both physically and mentally, as they enter another school year under threat from COVID-19.
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Guest: Emma Dorn
Emma Dorn is a Senior Knowledge Expert in Education in McKinsey & Company's Silicon Valley office. Emma leads knowledge development and dissemination globally for McKinsey’s education practice.
Emma has significant experience in global education, US K-12 schools, education technology, economic development, and global health sectors, as well as broader philanthropy, donor and nonprofit functional expertise. Areas of focus include improving access to and quality of education for historically underserved populations, supporting efforts to meet the sustainable development goal for education (SDG4), applying advanced analytics for social impact, and applying technology to improve teaching and learning.
Guest: Kate Williamson, MD
Dr. Kate Williamson is a California pediatrician. She is speaking on behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics, an organization of more than 67,000 pediatricians and pediatric specialists nationwide.
Throughout the pandemic, she has led her local chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She has kept fellow physicians updated on the latest science and recommendations of how best to take care of their patients during this pandemic. She has also worked to educate the community about methods to keep kids safe, from masks to social distancing to vaccines.
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