Marc Morial is president and chief executive of the National Urban League. Janet Murguía is president and chief executive of UnidosUS.
A year into the covid-19 pandemic, we are still only guessing about the true magnitude of the impact on our communities.
We know that many students have struggled academically, socially and emotionally over the past year. This is particularly true for our most underserved students, who already faced inadequate and inequitable access to resources and opportunities before the pandemic. Students have lost instructional time, with students of color more likely to receive instruction virtually despite being less likely to have high-speed Internet at home. As many as 3 million children were missing from schools in October.
