How does research knowledge about social inequality in education matter during the pandemic? Results of an analysis of a public discourse in Germany

Figures & data

Table 1. Number of texts and further information on them over the period under consideration, by source

	03/2020	04/2020	05/2020	06/2020	07/2020	08/2020	09/2020	Total
Kultusministerkonfe-renz (Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs) format: exclusively press releases reporting recent situation assessments and resolutions; length: rarely more than 1 p.	2	4	1	2	2	1	5	17
Bundeselternrat (Federal Parents’ Council) format: exclusively press releases on own activities, positions including appeals and reminders addressed to political bodies; length: rarely more than 1 p.	2	3	1	-	-	-	2	8
Schulportal (German School Portal) format: mainly press releases including comments, best practice examples, information on survey results, practical and legal questions, few interviews mainly with scientists, some reprints of reports and essays from national daily and weekly newspapers; length: between 1 and 24p., on average 7 p.	6	8	10	14	10	4	11	63
Total	10	15	12	16	12	5	18	88

Data, materials and/or code availability

On reasonable request, the list of articles analyzed in this study can be provided by the author.