Though the emergency declaration around the COVID-19 pandemic has officially ended, Lori Desautels continues to see its effect in classrooms in Indianapolis.
When she works with students two days a week, the assistant professor at Butler University’s College of Education notices heads down on desks, eyes covered or some students not attending classes at all.
Though schools are back to full-time, in-person learning, the chronic unpredictability students lived with over the past few years has, to Desautels, upended their nervous systems, tested their resiliency, and left them locked in surveillance mode.
