Christine Cunningham

Jun 18, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | Christine Cunningham

Across the country, schools are grappling with academic fallout from the pandemic. Math and reading scores have plunged, while abseentism has skyrocketed. Covid exacerbated inequities and created new dilemmas. As a lifelong advocate for getting engineering education into schools, I wrestle with this crisis daily. More of the same—routine, textbook-based instruction—isn’t the solution we need. But moving engineering into the school day just might be.

May 8, 2024 | medrxiv.org | Christine Cunningham |Orla Macdonald |Andrea Schaffer |Andrew Brown

The authors have declared no competing interest. The OpenSAFELY Platform is supported by grants from the Wellcome Trust (222097/Z/20/Z) and MRC (MR/V015737/1, MC_PC_20059, MR/W016729/1).