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Q&A: Education Reporter Anya Kamenetz on COVID Failures & Students’ Stolen Year

In one of the first chronicles of K-12 education during the pandemic, the veteran journalist empathizes with parents who feel ‘betrayed’ by schools

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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CDC
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‘Treat This As You Would Any Illness’: Schools Across U.S. Downgrade COVID Rules

Doing away with masking & testing rules, many districts are telling students to stay home if they’re sick, but otherwise to come to class.

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Academic Recovery
Academic Recovery

New Data: Was 2022’s Summer Learning ‘Explosion’ Enough To Reverse COVID Losses?

Schools devoted billions to July academics and enrichment. Exclusive data show 9 in 10 districts offered programs — and 8 in 10 offered them for free

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
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Could Polio Outbreak Put Kids at Risk? State Vaccination & Exemption Rates Vary

Laura Fay
Author: Laura Fay
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Teens Have Changed Their Higher Ed Plans — Survey Shows They May Never Go Back

Kristof & Ritter: COVID-19 forced HS students to re-evaluate their learning plans. If colleges want enrollment to recover, they must adapt

John Kristof & Colyn Ritter

Academic Recovery

Academic Recovery
Academic Recovery

New Data: Was 2022’s Summer Learning ‘Explosion’ Enough To Reverse COVID Losses?

Schools devoted billions to July academics and enrichment. Exclusive data show 9 in 10 districts offered programs — and 8 in 10 offered them for free

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

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Closing Education’s ‘Honesty Gap’: Greater Transparency for Parents After COVID

Aimee Guidera
Author: Aimee Guidera

Virginia Data Shows Severe Shortage of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists

Hollyann Purvis/Capital News Service

ESSER Funds: NC Districts Played It Safe on Teacher Pay & May Avoid Fiscal Cliff

Bella DiMarco
Author: Bella DiMarco

10 Teens Talk Mental Health, AI & What It’s Like to Be a Student in 2023

Cara Pangelinan
Author: Cara Pangelinan

Online Schooling for Washington’s Youngest Students is on the Rise

Grace Deng

Texas Community Colleges See Biggest Enrollment Recovery Since the Pandemic

Caroline Wilburn

COVID Funds Help Hawaii Schools Tackle Absenteeism. What Happens When They Run Out?

Megan Tagami, CalMatters

What Autistic Students Can Teach Us About Focusing on Assets, Not Deficits

Kristie Patten
Author: Kristie Patten

Test Scores Show Slow Progress For Hawaii Students

Megan Tagami, CalMatters

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The 74 interviews the top thinkers, policymakers and leaders in American education

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College, Career, Learning Recovery: How America's high schools are evolving for the next generation of teenagers.

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An ongoing investigative series on how school districts are spending $190 billion in federal pandemic relief money.

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America’s Child Poverty Rate Doubled in 2022. Now States Are Rushing to Step In

Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline

‘Whole Child, Whole Life’ Book Offers 10 Ways For Kids to Live, Learn & Thrive

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams

After COVID, the Race to Restore Student Connections and School Relationships

David Adams
Author: David Adams

Team Teaching Is the Best Use of ESSER Funds to Boost Student Learning after COVID

Emily Ayscue Hassel & Bryan C. Hassel

California Student Test Scores Change Little from Last Year’s Low

Erica Yee, CalMatters

A Tale of Extremes: More High & Low Scores in Ohio’s K-Shaped Learning Recovery

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell

Georgia’s High School Seniors Graduate at a Slightly Higher Rate

Ty Tagami, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

How Have Schools Improved Since the Pandemic? What Teachers Had to Say

Cory Beets
Author: Cory Beets

Washington Charter School Students See Big Gains on State Math Tests

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano

With More Teachers & Fewer Students, Districts Are Set up for Financial Trouble

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman

Uncertain Future for Providers as Child Care Crisis Looms

Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Oklahoma Schools Face Substitute Teacher Shortages

Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice

Schools Brace for COVID Surge: What New Variants & Vaccines Mean for Students

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

Not-Back-To-School Time For Homeschoolers

Kerry McDonald

Ohio’s Pandemic Recovery Slows As Achievement Gaps Fail To Close

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell

How a Free, 24/7 Tutoring Model is Disrupting Learning Loss for Low-Income Kids

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock

How States Can Prepare to Aid Families Through the Looming Child Care Crisis

Nicole Norvell

How a Family COVID Project Became a Fun, Creative Outlet for Children Nationwide

Stacey Gillett
Author: Stacey Gillett

Despite Post-Pandemic Efforts, Virginia Student Test Scores Remain Mostly Flat

Nathaniel Cline, Virginia Mercury

How States Can Make Summer Learning Programs Meaningful and Open to All Students

Allison Crean Davis
Author: Allison Crean Davis

Arizona Schools Chief Cancels $70M in COVID Funding to Set Up Tutoring Program

Gloria Gomez, Arizona Mirror

More Than Half of North Carolina’s Students Rated Proficient on State Exams

Greg Childress, NC Newsline

Ohio Spending Millions on Online Math Program For Pandemic Recovery

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell

Many Parents Don’t Know How Kids Are Doing in School: 9 Insights into Pandemic Recovery & Aftermath

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

Gen Z’s Declining College Interest Persists — Even Among Middle Schoolers

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay

Four Reasons to Be Hopeful from Latest Summer School Study

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

Oregon’s New Ed Leader Wants More, Diverse Teachers to Catch Kids up From COVID

Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle

How Schools Can Recover Fully: 10 Insights into Pandemic Aftermath in U.S. Education

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

Students Blocked From Campus During COVID Want Refunds. Some Are Getting Them

Elaine S. Povich, Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts

Public School Students Set to Start Classes in Florida Amid Rise in COVID Cases

Jackie Llanos, Florida Phoenix

Slow Literacy Gains, Long COVID in Kids: 7 Insights into Pandemic Recovery and Aftermath in U.S. Schools

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

Pandemic Emergency May Be Officially Over, but Education’s Long COVID Continues

Lindsay Dworkin
Author: Lindsay Dworkin

A Hearing on Learning Loss and a Preview of the Election Battle to Come

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

COVID Learning Recovery: New Hampshire Kids Now Learning Faster Than in 2019

Ethan DeWitt, New Hampshire Bulletin

Crisis in Teaching Quality May Explain Stagnant Learning Recovery, Report Finds

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock

Experts: COVID Hurt Kids’ Math Learning More Than Reading and Writing

Scott A. Imberman & Katharine O. Strunk

Polarization, Learning Loss, Relief Funds: 7 Insights into Pandemic Recovery and Aftermath in U.S. Schools

John Bailey & Laura Fay

To Combat Nursing Shortage, Rhode Island Charter Turns to High School Students

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

New Indiana ILEARN Scores Show Improvement, but Still No Pre-Pandemic Bounce-Back

Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Outgoing Cleveland Schools CEO Reflects on Push to Remove Learning Barriers

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell

‘Education’s Long COVID’: New Data Shows Recovery Stalled for Most Students

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

From Bus Stops to Laundromats, Cities Embrace Play to Help Kids Learn

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

A Season of Scandal Leaves Memphis-Shelby Parents in the Dark on COVID Spending

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

COVID Brief: Billions in COVID Aid Stolen or Wasted, AP Investigation Finds

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

A Tiny, Hasidic District Won’t Explain How It’s Spending $94M in Relief Funds

Linda Jacobson & Asher Lehrer-Small

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E18: Anxiety, Fear, and the Importance of Listening

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

COVID Brief: School Closures and Learning Loss Connected Worldwide, New Report Shows

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

A New Way to Innovate at Schools: Embrace a Child-Like Mind, Test Boundaries

Diane Tavenner & Michael B. Horn

This Rural Illinois District Curbed Learning Loss With Help From a Burmese Church

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

COVID Brief: Pandemic to Blame for Increase in Toddler Speech Delays

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

COVID School Data: Mental Health Worse, Staffing Tight, Enrollment Frozen

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken

Louisiana House Advances Bill to Prohibit COVID Vaccine Requirement for Schools

Piper Hutchinson, Louisiana Illuminator

COVID Brief: Parents Don’t Know How Far Behind Kids Have Fallen in School

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

A Pandemic Experiment in Universal Free School Meals Gains Traction in the U.S.

Adam Goldstein, Source New Mexico

Cleveland Schools Pick Indianapolis Academic Chief Warren Morgan as New CEO

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell

The Pandemic’s Virtual Learning is Now a Permanent Fixture of America’s Schools

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams

COVID Brief: Data Show How Pandemic Hit Student Attendance, Grades, Advancement

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

In Search of Equity, Divided Ga. District Taps COVID Funds for Reading Overhaul

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

Union Head Pushes Back on GOP Claims of ‘Undue Influence’ on School Closures

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

District Attorney Launches Broad Criminal Probe into Stockton School Spending

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

The Terrible Truth: Current Solutions to COVID Learning Loss Are Doomed to Fail

Margaret Raymond
Author: Margaret Raymond

Exclusive 74 Interview: Bill Gates Calls U.S. Education a ‘Challenged Space’

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken

COVID Brief: Ad Campaign Tells Parents Kids Have Fallen Behind in School

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

COVID Learning Loss: Missouri Scores Show Dramatic Drop in Student Performance

Joshua Parrish

KS Lawmakers Plan to Use COVID Funds to Expand Vouchers to Public School Kids

Rachel Mipro, Kansas Reflector

COVID Brief: State Lawmakers Spend Federal Cash on Mental Health

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E12: It’s Time We Talked Money

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Less Classroom Time For Students? New Washington Bill Would Trim 4 Hours a Week

Joshua Parrish

Awash in Federal Money, State Lawmakers Tackle Worsening Youth Mental Health

Christine Vestal, The Pew Trusts

As Testing Approaches, Tenn. Reconsiders Holding Back Third Graders

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

As Schools Close for 3-Day Walkout, Could L.A. Strike Accelerate Learning Loss?

Mike Antonucci

COVID Learning Recovery: Many Students Still Lag Behind, But Parents Aren’t Aware

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

50 Extra School Days: This District Uplifts English Learners With COVID Aid

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

Gov. Youngkin Announces New Slate of Efforts to Address Learning Loss in Virginia

Nathaniel Klein, Virginia Mercury

Iowa Schools Cutting Budgets, Bracing for 2024 Financial Pain as COVID Aid Ends

Joshua Parrish

High-Quality Teaching and Materials in Every Class are Key to Students’ Recovery

Laura Slover & Mike Cohen

Q&A: Why Virtual Learning Will Thrive Long After the Pandemic

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

‘The Other Long COVID’ Affecting Kids: Missed Opportunities

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

South by Southwest Education: 23 Panels & Sessions Worth Seeing in 2023

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

The Stakes Are Only Getting Higher for Pandemic School Aid Spending

Marguerite Roza
Author: Marguerite Roza

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E10: Education Reflections from Trips to Sierra Leone, Liberia and India

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Exclusive: Despite K-2 Reading Gains, Results Flat for 3rd Grade ‘COVID Kids’

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

COVID’s Missing Kids: How Connecticut Is Successfully Reengaging Absent Students

Joshua Parrish

Feds Award Near $10 Million to Fund Mental Health Services in FL Schools

Danielle J. Brown, Florida Phoenix

Learning Woes: Half of America’s Students Started This School Year Behind

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

Stockton, CA: What Happens When a Dysfunctional District Gets $241 Million

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E9: Shake-Up in the Assessment Market

Diane Tavenner & Michael B. Horn

Zen Dens and Peace Rooms: How Schools are Giving Kids Space to Reflect, Regulate

Brian Rinker, Youth Today

Indy Summer Program Proves Acceleration, Not Remediation, Is Key for Students

Brandon Brown
Author: Brandon Brown

What One NYC Educator’s Grief Reveals About Teachers’ Mental Health Struggles

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock

The Final 97 Days of the COVID Emergency: What Changes on May 12

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
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