Program Resources

Created by: Annette C. Anderson, PhD & Robert Balfanz, PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Education

School of Education professors discuss the impact of COVID-19. Topics include: moving beyond academics; encouraging schools and families to minimize disruption; assessing impacts on high-risk students; students’ health; building support networks; and considering the whole child when school is closed.

Created by: Annette C. Anderson, PhD & Lieny Jeon, PhD – Johns Hopkins School of Education

School of Education professors discuss the impact of COVID-19. Topics covered include: identifying increased stressors for teachers and staff; discussing strategies for school leaders to address and reduce stress; and responding to teacher stressors.

Created by: Annette C. Anderson, PhD & Lieny Jeon, PhD – Johns Hopkins School of Education

School of Education professors discuss the impact of COVID-19. Topics include: understanding the reasons behind bullying and discrimination during an epidemic; examining the coronavirus impact on Asian students; providing ways for classroom teachers to encourage empathetic behavior; and discussing messages for students who are victimized.

Created by: Annette C. Anderson, PhD & Joyce Epstein, PhD – Johns Hopkins School of Education

School of Education professors discuss the impact of COVID-19. Topics covered include: how schools can effectively communicate with parents, the importance of school leadership roles, and resources to share with parents.

Created by: Johns Hopkins School of Education

The Johns Hopkins School of Education is on the front lines shaping how schools respond to the challenges of the pandemic. This resource features a collection of timely and relevant research, expertise, guidance, and resources to help families, teachers, and district leaders emerge from the crisis stronger than ever. 

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Created by: Johns Hopkins Consortium for School-Based Health Solutions

The Johns Hopkins Consortium for School-Based Health Solutions was launched as a university-wide collaboration to focus on the delivery of school-based health care. Several COVID-19 projects have been created in order to help school communities respond to the health impacts of the pandemic.

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Created by: Andrew Myers – Johns Hopkins University Hub

Robert Balfanz, professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Education and course contributor for the Safe and Healthy Schools Certification Program, discusses the impacts of COVID-19 and resulting transformation of the US education system.

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Created by: Sarah LaFave – Johns Hopkins University Hub

Annette Anderson, an expert in educational equity at the Johns Hopkins School of Education and program director for the JHU Center for Safe and Healthy Schools, discusses the unequal impact of COVID-19’s disruption to public schooling.

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Created by: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health – Public Health on Call

Dr. Annette Anderson is an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Education, in addition to being the current Director of Academic Programming for the JHU Center for Safe and Healthy Schools, as well as course contributor for the Safe and Healthy Schools Certification Program.

In this podcast episode Anette  and host Stephanie Desmon discuss the Digital Divide, how schools are trying to prevent a “COVID slide,”—the fear that learning can be lost over long breaks. They also discuss the burden on parents, and how some districts are stepping up to address disruptions to vital services like food and mental health support for students and their families.

Created by: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

This website is a resource to bring together information about COVID-19, help advance the understanding of the virus and inform the public in order to guide community response, improve care, and save lives.

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