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The 74 Interview

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
Pandemic Policy
CDC
Pandemic

‘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
Vaccinations
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Could Polio Outbreak Put Kids at Risk? State Vaccination & Exemption Rates Vary

Laura Fay
Author: Laura Fay
Higher Education
higher education
Pandemic

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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New Jersey Lawmaker Wants to Create a State ‘Learning Loss Czar’

Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor

Homeschooling 2.0: Less Religious and Conservative, More Focused on Quality

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

Global Learning Loss: Top 4 Takeaways from Latest International COVID Research

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken

Principal Forced to Double as Teacher Alarmed How Pandemic Is Affecting Students

Meghan Gallagher
Author: Meghan Gallagher

One Florida Principal’s Solution to Teacher Shortages? Recruiting His Students

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E8: Why Failure — and Pivoting from It — Is Hard in Education

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

In 2022 Midterms, Career Ed Emerged as Rare Source of Bipartisan Agreement

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

What Schools Should Do About COVID’s Chronic Impact on Special Ed Students

Bob Cunningham
Author: Bob Cunningham

Cardona’s Tutoring Charge, 1 Year Later: Some Progress, but Obstacles Remain

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

COVID Brief: Few Students Use Online Tutoring Programs

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E7: Beneath the AI Hype

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Irked by Skyrocketing Costs, Fewer Americans See K-12 as Route to Higher Ed

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

‘DARPA for Education’ Is a Good Start. Now, Congress Must Do More

Dan Correa
Author: Dan Correa

LA Parents, Advocates Blast Uneven Recovery Plan for Students With Disabilities

Will Callan

3 Ways for Schools to Make Sure They Get What They Pay for in Learning Recovery

Amanda Neitzel & Jen Krajewski

COVID Brief: New Data Reveals Rapid Rise of XBB.1.5 Variant

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

99 Days After Hurricane, Hundreds of Florida Students Still Without Classrooms

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano

Quarantines, Not School Closures, Led to Devastating Losses in Math and Reading

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

Bracing for a Tidal Wave of Unnecessary Special Education Referrals

Lauren Morando Rhim, Candace Cortiella, Lindsay Kubatzky & Laurie VanderPloeg

Is Remote Learning Burying Snow Days? It Depends on Where You Live

Nathan M. Sorber, The Conversation

Kentucky Drops in Education Rankings; Report Shows Young Readers Struggling

Kentucky Lantern Staff, Kentucky Lantern

New Jersey Test Scores Plunged as Students Struggled With COVID Disruptions

Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor

COVID Brief: More Parents Opposed to School Vaccine Mandates

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

Best of 2022: The Year’s Top Stories About Education & America’s Schools

Steve Snyder
Author: Steve Snyder

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E6: How Do You Staff Innovation?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

How 14 States Are Making Sure Teachers Have High-Quality Materials Students Need

Jocelyn Pickford
Author: Jocelyn Pickford

Taking Care of Her ‘Babies’: How One LAUSD Principal Provides Pandemic Recovery to Vulnerable Kids

Nicholas Dinh

Will Congress Care Enough to Restore the Expanded Child Tax Credit?

Keri Rodrigues
Author: Keri Rodrigues

‘You Don’t Get That Time Back’: Parents Seek Special Ed Services Lost to COVID

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

‘Late-in-the-Game’ COVID Relief Fund Guidance Leaves Some Scratching Their Heads

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

14 Charts This Year That Helped Explain COVID’s Impact on America’s Schools

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken

Learning Loss Is Worse than NAEP Showed. Middle School Math Must Be the Priority

David Wakelyn
Author: David Wakelyn

'Miles Ahead': St. Paul Tracks Recovery Spending, Adjusts Programs on the Fly

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins

Former Dallas Supe Hinojosa Speaks Out on COVID Fights & His Political Future

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

More Schools Have Closed in Kentucky This Year Than Rest of U.S. Combined. Why?

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

Audience Survey: What’s Your School’s New Normal?

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock

‘Not Where We’d Like To Be:’ Idaho’s School Safety Assessments Slowed During Pandemic

Kevin Richert, IdahoEdNews.org

Teen Brains Changed During COVID, Scans Show

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

Is Your CA District Ready to Fix Learning Loss? New Database Has Some Answers

Arun K. Ramanathan
Author: Arun K. Ramanathan

Schools Face ‘Urgency Gap’ on Pandemic Recovery: 5 Takeaways from New Study

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

Quiet, Consistency, Deep Breaths, Nature: Ways to Create Calming Classrooms

Lo Patrick
Author: Lo Patrick

Cleveland Sticks With Recovery Plans After Worst-in-Nation NAEP Drop

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell

A ‘Fiercely Compassionate’ Approach to Student Mental Health

Dr. Danielle Budash Newkam
Author: Dr. Danielle Budash Newkam

Pandemic-Related School Closures Fueled Enrollment Exodus, Report Finds

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

Historic Rise in Child Bereavement as COVID, Drugs and Guns Claim Parents’ Lives

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

Federal Funds & Philanthropy Can Help Get Chronically Absent Kids Back in School

Phyllis W. Jordan
Author: Phyllis W. Jordan

Why Schools’ Going Back to ‘Normal’ Won’t Work for Students of Color

Adriana Villavicencio, University of California, Irvine

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E4: What Should Schools Try and Test?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

$10 Million For 31 Groups Working to Make Tutoring More Available & Affordable

Kevin Huffman
Author: Kevin Huffman

How Educational Inequities Are Further Tearing Apart the Country

Conor P. Williams & Shantel Meek

3 Misconceptions About Pandemic-Related Learning Loss

Sarah Cashdollar, Mariana Barragan Torres & Meg Bates

COVID Brief: Teachers’ and Teens’ Mental Health Took a Hit During COVID

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

Science of Reading Gives Kids the Best Chance to Close the Literacy Gap

John B. King & Jacquelyn Davis

‘The Bottom Has Dropped Out’: Study Confirms Fears of Growing Learning Gaps

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins

To Improve the Nation’s Schools, First Close the Honesty Gap

Rianna Saslow
Author: Rianna Saslow

Virtual Nightmare: One Student’s Journey Through the Pandemic

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

Teachers Felt More COVID Anxiety than Healthcare Workers, Study Finds

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken

Virtual School Enrollment Kept Climbing Even As COVID Receded, New Data Reveal

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

Can Districts Rise to the Challenge of New NAEP Results? Outlook’s Not So Good

Robin Lake & Paul Hill

What Will End of COVID Public Health Emergency Mean for School-Based Telehealth?

Mario Ramirez & Andrew Buher

COVID Brief: COVID’s ‘Sweeping Toll on Kids’ by the Numbers

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

Data: Rural Schools Fared Better in Math, Worse in Reading Than Urban Districts

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

Path to Middle Class Jobs: New Manufacturing Center Combines Classroom, Museum

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell

English Learners Make Significant Gains in Reading Despite Pandemic Disruptions

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano

At Center of MI Election, a School Choice Measure Few Residents Have Heard About

Alina Tugend

Learning Acceleration and Assessment Strategies in 100 Large Urban Districts

Cara Pangelinan
Author: Cara Pangelinan

MD is Not VA: Education Issues Playing Out Differently in Governor’s Race

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

Strong Link in Big City Districts’ 4th-Grade Math Scores to School Closures

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

What Taxpayers Should Look for as Schools Spend First $13B in Federal COVID Aid

Ian Rosenblum
Author: Ian Rosenblum

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E2: What Does a Real Pilot Look Like in a School?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Parents Are Owed the Truth About Learning Loss. NAEP Proves It

Andrew J. Rotherham
Author: Andrew J. Rotherham

Nation’s Report Card Shows Largest Drops Ever Recorded in 4th and 8th Grade Math

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken

Schools Serve Parents With Debt Collection Letters Over Pandemic Enrollment Fees

Rachel Mipro, Kansas Reflector

COVID Brief: Low-Income Kids Should Get Free COVID Shots, CDC Says

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

To Aid Hungry Students in Need, New Mexico Adds Hundreds to Family EBT Cards

Shaun Griswold

Exclusive Literacy Data: Small Gains Since Last Fall, But No Reading Rebound

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

Can Afterschool Programs Help Students With Learning Recovery, Mental Health?

Joshua Parrish

More Parents Motivated to Vote in Midterms, Poll Finds

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

Leaving Los Angeles: These 10 LAUSD Schools Lost the Most Students During COVID

Cari Spencer

After Years of Pandemic Cancellations, a Joyous Return for the Class Field Trip

Vanessa McCray, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

New Indiana Tutoring Program Empowers Parents, Encourages School Collaboration

Wayne D’Orio

How Are Kids with Disabilities Doing Post-COVID? Shamefully, We Still Don’t Know

Robin Lake
Author: Robin Lake

ACT Scores Fall to Lowest Level In 30 Years

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E1: The Disruptive Journey Ahead

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

7 Ways 5,000 Districts & Charter Networks Are Spending Relief Funds on Teachers

Phyllis W. Jordan & Bella DiMarco

$700B: That’s How Much It Will Cost to Fix Pandemic Learning Loss, Study Says

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

Ending ‘Child Poverty Surveillance’: NYU Professor On Schools & Child Welfare

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

Many Americans Know Little About Updated COVID Boosters

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

Pandemic Widened Ohio Achievement Gaps, Leaving ‘Vulnerable’ Students Further Behind

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell

Exclusive Data: Educators’ ‘Careless’ Child Abuse Reports Devastate Thousands of NYC Families

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

Tests Show Oregon Students’ Proficiency in Core Subjects Declined During COVID

Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle

4 Big Takeaways on the Pandemic’s Mixed Effects on NYC Students’ Test Scores

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber

Come to Class, Win a Toyota: Districts Launch Campaigns to Boost Attendance

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

High-Quality Classwork + Tutoring: Proven Recipe for Closing the Learning Gap

Amanda Neitzel
Author: Amanda Neitzel

‘Inundated With Applications’: No Teacher Shortage at Virtual Schools

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

COVID & School Recovery: Washington Hopes New Science Curriculum Will Boost Student Engagement

Joshua Parrish

Indianapolis Students Get Leg Up On Careers With European-Style Apprenticeship

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell

Pandemic Brief: Some Scientists Now See COVID as Less Risky Than the Flu

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

Traditional University Teacher Ed Programs Face Enrollment Declines, Staff Cuts

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock

Building Upgrades, SEL: 100 Large & Urban Districts Plan Their Pandemic Recovery

Bree Dusseault
Author: Bree Dusseault
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