Kristen Cox Roby, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Published 4:05 pm UTC Jun. 16, 2021 Kristen Cox Roby, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Published 4:05 pm UTC Jun. 16, 2021 It began with a simple question, a lifetime ago way back in August 2020: What's the best, truest way to tell the story of the children who will learn during the pandemic? It ended, 10 months later, with a body of journalism that one editor called "a perfect time capsule of what education was like during COVID-19." Learning Curve followed six families for a year from across New York state: Mount Vernon, Middletown, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Binghamton, Utica. We chose them because their children attended urban public school districts — giving them a common ground that might reveal shared challenges, such as transportation issues or high-speed Internet access.