Nearly 38 million children are home, quite possibly through the summer break. For education, this is unprecedented. Many schools are embracing some kind of distance learning, but not everyone has access, and it can’t replace school’s function as an essential piece of the social safety net. So how will weeks or months of this new normal affect students, the digital divide and — oh, yeah — parents? Here to talk us through it is Pedro Noguera, UCLA distinguished professor of education.