Congress Needs To Ensure Educational Equity in Pandemic

The $2 trillion stimulus package passed by Congress last week includes critically needed funding that will help America's students, from preschool through postsecondary education, as the United States reckons with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including shuttered schools from coast to coast and a potentially severe recession. Unfortunately, the roughly $43 billion targeted for early childhood education, K-12, and higher education will only make a dent in addressing the long-term crisis for education funding.