The Future Ready Lab: Maintaining Students' Access to Internships during Times of Crisis

In this manuscript, we highlight the virtual Future Ready Lab as one example of an innovative internship concept designed to increase the quantity of meaningful paid internship experiences available for students to participate in, prepare for further education, and be able to compete in the 21st Century workforce. The Lab's premise is to provide access to student populations (e.g., economically disadvantaged, Black, and Latinx students) who oftentimes are not afforded the opportunity to hone their 21st Century skills in a high-impact internship experience. The virtual nature of the Future Ready Labs provided opportunities for high school students to participate, despite transportation limitations, social distancing, emerging safety precautions, and requirements based on the COVID-19 pandemic. In this manuscript, we help fill gaps in existing literature concerning how schools support students' work-based learning experiences during times of crisis, particularly for diverse and economically disadvantaged learners. We conclude with recommendations for practice, and a broader work-based learning framework for how partnerships can be forged and sustained in high schools across the nation, as well as implications for educational policy, practice, and research. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Education & Urban Society is the property of Sage Publications Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

Design in a crisis?

It is widely accepted that there will be long-term adverse consequences to health and health services in the aftermath of the Covid pandemic. We are experiencing one of the biggest global recessions, in large part as a consequence of the pandemic, that will also contribute further major negative impact on our health and wellbeing. The short and long-term impact of the Covid pandemic and the recession on our future health and health services is uncertain, but it will certainly trigger an increase in mental health and other long-term health conditions, especially amongst vulnerable groups. [Extracted from the article]

Researching mobility in times of immobility

The differentiated impacts of the pandemic on researchers (as well as other types of workers) in terms of having the "luxury" of time and (mental and physical) space formed much of the initial debate in policy and academia. Not everyone has had the privilege of time and space to think about (doing) research through the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly in the early days of pandemic lockdowns and border closures. As expected, the Covid-19 pandemic has become an important research focus for mobilities scholars, not least because of its immediate immobility implications, but increasingly reflecting upon what this period has told us about im/mobile social, political and economic lives. [Extracted from the article]

PANDEMIC AND EDUCATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE 0-6 AGE GROUP: AN ITALIAN STUDY ON CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

The Covid 19 pandemic lockdown has led to the fragmentation of children's educational trajectories as well as the links between families and the networks with which they engage. To address the interruption of in-person educational services, Italy experimented with LEAD (Legami Educativi a Distanza, Educational Links at a Distance) for 0-6 age children, a service operating parallel to (but not overlapping with) DAD (didattica a distanza, distance learning) addressed to older children. The aim of this study is to analyze the pandemic's emotional impact on families and 0-6 year old children and their experiences with LEAD on the basis of teachers' perceptions. A total of 383 teachers participated in the study, completing an online questionnaire. According to professionals' perceptions, LEAD proved a good tool for maintaining educational relationships with children and families despite the lack of physical contact and enabled the creation of new forms of participation, thus ensuring support for parents in a time of heightened vulnerability;however, LEAD were not inclusive in that it was not possible to maintain ties with all families, especially economically and socially disadvantaged ones. The results offer insights to guide professionals in dealing with both the current "new normal" and possible future emergencies. [ FROM AUTHOR]

Seasonal Associate: by Heike Geißler, translated by Katy Derbyshire, Afterword by Kevin Vennemann, Cambridge, MA, Semiotext(e)/MIT Press, 2018, 239 pp., $16.95/£13.99 (paper)

Seasonal Associate: by Heike Geißler, translated by Katy Derbyshire, Afterword by Kevin Vennemann, Cambridge, MA, Semiotext(e)/MIT Press, 2018, 239 pp., $16.95/£13.99 (paper) Heike Geißler's nameless female protagonist, temporary employee for the holiday season at Amazon-Germany in Leipzig, has company. The past few years have produced numerous accounts on work, both scholarly and personal, studies of labor and individual narratives of employment, jobs, gigs, the ever more dispersed realm of people's interaction with the economy, made more tenuous on account of the Covid-19 pandemic. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of European Legacy is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

Anxiety and depressive symptomatology among children and adolescents exposed to the COVID-19 pandemic - A systematic review

Background/Aim. Children and adolescents are sensitive groups for the development of mental disorders during the crisis. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and depressive symptomatology in the population of children and adolescents. Methods. The investigation was based on a systematic review followed by PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) protocol, including Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, Global Health, and APA Psyc Info databases, to identify relevant studies reporting anxiety and depressive symptoms among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 27 articles were included. Results. Anxiety symptoms increased from 28.3% before the pandemic to 49.5% during confinement [General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)-7 = 11)] (McNemar test, p < 0.0001). More depressive symptomatology was found, as well as weight and sleep disturbances which are the characteristics of children and adolescents' mental health. Additionally, female teenagers were experiencing grater declines in mood disorders than male teenagers during the COVID-19 crisis. On the one hand, different positive correlations between anxiety and other variables, were found, such as clinical depressive symptoms and anxiety (3/14), smartphone and internet addiction (2/14), lower levels of family income (2/14), perceived threats (2/14), higher grades at school (2/14), and loneliness (1/14). On the other hand, positive correlations were reported between depression and children and adolescents that were socially disconnected (3/17). Finally, mothers with higher level of education and income were associated with higher level of happiness (2/17). Conclusion. COVID-19 has a strong impact on the mental health of children and adolescents regarding depression and anxiety symptoms. Prevention programs focused on coping strategies should be conducted in elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools. Mental health should become a priority matter for governments, and the current pandemic could be an opportunity to highlight the importance of mental well-being and to invest in the betterment of clinical trainings, treatments and mental health research. (English) [ FROM AUTHOR] Uvod/Cilj. Deca i adolescenti su osetljiva grupa za razvoj psihičkih poremećaja tokom krize. Cilj ovog sistematskog pregleda literature bio je da se proceni uticaj pandemije COVID-19 na razvoj simptoma anksioznosti i depresije u populaciji dece i omladine. Metode. Sistematski pregled literature je urađen pomoću PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) protokola, uključujući Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, Global Health i APA Psyc Info baze podataka, u cilju identifikovanja relevantnih istraživanja o simptomima anskioznosti i depresije kod dece i adolescenata u toku pandemije COVID-19. Pregledano je 27 radova. Rezultati. Simptomi anksioznosti su se povećali sa 28,3% pre pandemije na 49,5% tokom „zatvaranja" usled pandemije [General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)-7 = 11)] (McNemar test p < 0,0001). Ustanovljen je i skok u simptomima depresije, kao i u telesnoj masi i poremećajima spavanju, koji karakterišu smetnje u mentalnom zdravlju dece i adolescenata. Poremećaj raspoloženja (pad) je bio veći kod tinejdžera ženskog, u odnosu na tinejdžere muškog pola. Pokazane su pozitivne korelacije između anksioznosti i drugih varijabli: kliničkih depresivnih simptoma i anksioznost (3/14), zavisnosti od pametnih telefona i interneta (2/14), nižeg porodičnog prihoda (2/14), percipirane opasnosti (2/14), viših razreda u školi (2/14), i usamljenosti (1/14). Pokazane su i pozitivne korelacije između depresije i socijalne isključenosti dece i adolescenata (3/17). Konačno, pokazana je povezanost između majki sa višim nivoima obrazovanja i prihoda i osećanja sreće (2/17). Zaključak. Pandemija COVID-19 ima snažan uticaj na mentalno zdravlje dece i adolescenata odnosno pojavu simptoma depresiije i anksioznosti. Zbog toga bi u osnovnim, srednjim i višim školama trebalo sprovoditi programe prevencije, sa fokusom na razvoj strategija prevladavanja. Mentalno zdravlje bi trebalo da postane prioritetna tema vlada zemalja, a trenutna pandemija mogućnost da se istakne važnost brige o mentalnom blagostanju i ulaganja u poboljšanje kliničkih treninga, tretmana i istraživanja u oblasti mentalnog zdravlja. (Bosnian) [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Vojnosanitetski Pregled: Military Medical & Pharmaceutical Journal of Serbia is the property of Military Medical Academy INI and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

Racial regimes of property: Introduction to the special issue

It should be stressed, as Marxists have long done, that property, as an exchange commodity, is secured not simply through state, market, and so-called legal interventions - the price, the title, the deed, the survey, the land registry, the police, and so on - but also informal, unwritten, and coercive forces of looting and fraud ([46]). Two years into the COVID 19 pandemic, lockdowns and closures have left millions of the global majority out of work, hungry, facing eviction, and desperately navigating hollowed out, underfunded health and social service agencies and a patchwork of woefully inadequate tenant protection programs. The French used property as a barometer of civilizational status: a lack of private property norms among the ethnic Khmer was seen as backwards and called for paternalistic protection by colonizers, while high rates of property ownership among the Chinese were viewed as an economic threat and called for elimination by colonizers. Using the settler-colonial contexts of Canada, Australia, and Israel/Palestine, Brenna [4] tracks regimes of property law - the juridical formation underpinning capital accumulation - that unfolded together with racial schemas and state violence to produce colonial subjects. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Environment & Planning D: Society & Space is the property of Sage Publications Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

Dhaka's Changing Landscape: Prospects for Economic Development, Social Change, and Shared Prosperity: Rita Afsar and Mahabub Hossain (2020). Oxford University Press, 364 pages, $80 (hardcover)

For example, employment opportunities in construction and transport have expanded for low-income working-class urban residents, but high-paying employment opportunities are often linked to someone's education and social and professional networks, which are often available to upper-class urban residents. With a population of approximately 18 million, Dhaka is now experiencing "hyperurbanization" or "overurbanization", the phenomena mentioned by urban theorist Mike Davis in his book I Planet of Slums i ([1]). Dhaka's Changing Landscape: Prospects for Economic Development, Social Change, and Shared Prosperity: Rita Afsar and Mahabub Hossain (2020). [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Journal of the American Planning Association is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)