Explore the Archives
A Journal of the Plague Year Arizona Collection Australia Boston Bronx Community College New York Brooklyn College New York Canada Las Americas Lockdown Staten Island New Orleans Oral Histories Philippines Sacramento Community Based Organizations Southwest Stories Teaching the Pandemic The City College of New York

Collected Item: “The Real Pandemic: How America Believed The Coronavirus Proved the Existence of Educational Inequity”

Give your story or documents a proposed title

The Real Pandemic: How America Believed The Coronavirus Proved the Existence of Educational Inequity

Tell us a story; share your experience. Or describe the item you are submitting. What does the object or story you've uploaded say about the pandemic, and/or why is it important to you?

Several articles seek to expand the conversation of educational inequity during the pandemic in New York City public schools, however many exclude key aspects of inequality that predate the pandemic. This narrative acknowledges and challenges notions that use the pandemic to explain the inequality. It is not only my personal experience throughout the pandemic, but also the experiences around public education of me, my students, and co-workers. Amplifying the necessity for leadership, mental health, and technology to combat the concerns of racial and class retraumatization, the aspiration and achievement gap, and other aspects of inequity. In this analysis, we transform ideas about inequality in relation to [rather than caused by] the pandemic and challenge readers to think about solutions in a different way.

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.? And where did you find it?

Auto-Ethnography

Are you the sole creator of these materials? (If no, please select "Other" and list the names of the content co-creators, their contact information, and the circumstances of how you came to have the materials. IMPORTANT: Each co-creator must fill out this form in order for the item to be accepted by the archives. However, only one co-creator is required to upload any document.)

Other

If you answered "other" to the question above, list your co-creators here.

Marissa Mann
Email: Marissa.mann1357@gmail.com

Give a date associated with this story or documents.

2020-08

What is your affiliation, if any, with Brooklyn College? (e.g. Junior undergrad majoring in history; faculty in the English Dept; human resources staff member; alumni; community member; Brooklyn resident; etc.)

Undergraduate Political Science and Philosophy Major

If what you are submitting was created as part of a Brooklyn College class, please indicate the course code (i.e., ENG1010) semester, and professor:

None

Use tags (separated by commas) to describe your story or documents. For example: Does it relate to a particular neighborhood? Does it relate to a particular aspect of the pandemic: school, work, family, hospital.

Brooklyn, Education, Educational Inequity, CUNY, NYC Public Schools, Brooklyn College

Select this box to agree to the Creative Commons NC-ND license as described in the above Submission Agreement.

I agree to a CC NC-ND license
Click here to view the corresponding item.