Editorial to NZARoE 2020 main issue

Abstract

The arrival of a new decade has seen enormous challenge and change with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic that has swept the world and changed not only the lives of many but also the ways in which we think about and enact education across all levels of the system. In this issue, we present six articles, three of which report research undertaken as a direct result of the arrival of Covid-19 in March 2020 in Aotearoa New Zealand and the government response to manage ongoing outbreaks here. Our remaining articles address issues that predate the pandemic, but which are likely to be heightened or exacerbated by the social and economic fallout of sustained and multiple lockdowns and restrictions.