Article 12: Business As Usual: Reflections on Life as Mothers and Educators During a Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic marks a major turning point in contemporary history that impacts people of all walks of life. In particular, teachers and those in the education field face several unique challenges regarding the balance of family and work obligations, coping with the stress of preventing infection, and helping students understand the multitude of events that are occurring simultaneously with the pandemic that include, but are not limited to, the social justice protests, the 2020 presidential election, and the 2021 Capitol insurrection. As historians and practitioners of education experience the effects of this pandemic, it is important to record our lived experiences in order to provide future generations of students, teachers, and scholars insight into how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the history of education in the United States.