Explore

Pandemic Pandemic

Pandemic
The 74 Interview
74 interview
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
pandemic

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

Spotlight

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

More Stories

Education news and commentary, delivered right to your inbox.

Sign up for The 74 newsletter.
Pandemic

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

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
Pandemic Policy

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

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Teacher Staffing

Traditional University Teacher Ed Programs Face Enrollment Declines, Staff Cuts

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
Pandemic

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

Bree Dusseault
Author: Bree Dusseault
Enrollment

‘Wake-up Calls’: New Parent Survey Shows 9% Enrollment Drop in District Schools

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Teacher Staffing

On a Per-Student Basis, School Staffing Levels Are Hitting All-Time Highs

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
Back To School

Learning and Love: A Lesson from Mr. Rogers for the Start of a New School Year

Gregg Behr & Ryan Rydzewski
Pandemic

COVID Brief: Students and Teachers Face Learning Loss as New Year Begins

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Pandemic

The Biggest Blind Spot in Education: Parents’ Role in Their Children’s Learning

Alejandro Gibes de Gac
Author: Alejandro Gibes de Gac

Explore Our News Series

Pandemic

4Fams

COVID Warriors

Pandemic

Rolling coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and its ongoing effects on education

4Fams

Education news and views for families

COVID Warriors

How educators are saving the pandemic generation
View All
Ed Tech

With an Online Community & Summer Camp, Scratch Brings Coding to 42 Million Kids

Tim Newcomb
Author: Tim Newcomb
Pandemic

EXCLUSIVE: CRPE Situation Report — State of the American Student, September 2022

Robin Lake & Travis Pillow
Pandemic

Financial Innovations During COVID Show Schools Can Be Nimble When They Have To

Marguerite Roza & Katherine Silberstein
Pandemic

Schools Briefing: 20 Years of Student Growth Wiped Out by COVID

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Mental Health

A Slow-Motion Crisis: Gen Z’s Battle Against Depression, Addiction, Hopelessness

Caryl M. Stern
Author: Caryl M. Stern
Learning Loss

Experts Say Kids Are Far Behind After COVID; Parents Shrug. Why the Disconnect?

Morgan Polikoff & David M. Houston
Commentary

Latino Students Will Soon Be 30% of All Public School Enrollment: Now What?

Conor Williams
Author: Conor Williams
Back To School

School Mask, Vaccine Mandates Are Mostly Gone. But What if the Virus Comes Back?

Bree Dusseault
Author: Bree Dusseault
Pandemic

Analysis: Texas & Tennessee Get Tutoring Right — and Model How to Expand it Nationwide

Shalinee Sharma
Solutions Journalism

School on Wheels Delivers Tutoring – and Hope – for Homeless Students

Magda Hernandez, Christian Science Monitor
School Meals

Free School Meals Helped Kids for 2 Years. This Fall, Those Lunches Won’t Return

Nadra Nittle, The 19th
The 74 Interview

Former COVID Data Whistleblower, Now Congressional Candidate With Bold K-12 Plan

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
NAEP

‘Nation’s Report Card’: Two Decades of Growth Wiped Out by Two Years of Pandemic

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Union Report

L.A. Teachers Union Files Labor Complaint Against Voluntary Extra School Days

Mike Antonucci
Pandemic

A New Initiative to Tackle Education’s Big Problems

Andrew J. Rotherham
Author: Andrew J. Rotherham
San Antonio

Study: San Antonio Charter Schools Lifted Student Achievement Prior to Pandemic

Greg Toppo
Learning Recovery

‘Too Good to Be True’: NH Gives Students $1,000 for Tutoring — Yet Sign-Ups Lag

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Research

The ‘Mass Exodus’ of Teachers Never Happened, Paper Argues

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

Many Remote Learning Options Shutting Down as School Reopens for Fall 2022

Cara Pangelinan & Bree Dusseault
Virginia

Virginia’s New Education Scores Show Students Lagging Behind Pre-Pandemic Levels

Nathaniel Klein, Virginia Mercury
Pandemic

Schools & COVID Policy: Modified Boosters Likely Available for Teens Next Month

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Mental Health

School Is Where Health Care Happens for Kids. Changes in Medicaid Can Help

Donna Mazyck, National Association of School Nurses
Leadership Survey

Fearing ‘Fiscal Cliff,’ District Leaders Reluctant to Hire Full-Time Teachers

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
Missouri

COVID Slide: As Half of Students Fail Annual Tests, Pleas For Lawmakers to Act

Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
COVID Slide

Tracking Schools’ Pandemic Recovery Funds: Mental Health, Tutoring & More

Joshua Parrish
Summer Learning Sprint

Gifted Summer Programs Skew White & Wealthy. Not Baltimore’s — And It’s Free

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Rausch: 10 Steps Toward Measuring Great Schools During and after the Pandemic

Karega Rausch
Pandemic Recovery

Kids Catch Up Best With Grade-Level Work — But Keep Getting Easier Assignments

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Indianapolis

Brown: Students Are Making Modest Learning Gains. That’s Not Good Enough

Brandon Brown
Author: Brandon Brown
Florida

Schools Brace For Monkeypox Outbreak With Little Guidance to Guide Response

Danielle J. Brown, Florida Phoenix
Pandemic

CDC’s New School Guidance Scraps Quarantines, Lifts ‘Test to Stay’ Recommendation

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Louisiana

Louisiana State University Expands Programs to Stem Nursing Shortage

Piper Hutchinson, Louisiana Illuminator
CDC

New CDC Guidance Could Be Gamechanger on Restrictions as Students Return to School

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Educators’ Poor Morale Matters, Even If They Don’t Quit. Here’s Why

Elizabeth D. Steiner, Heather Schwartz & Melissa Kay Diliberti
Absenteeism

How Norway Cut Student Absences By 25% — And Why The Policy Is No Silver Bullet

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

CDC Eyes New School Rules on COVID Testing, Spacing, Quarantines

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Pandemic

New Data: Despite Progress, a Third of Students Finished Year Below Grade Level

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Lessons from TFA’s Virtual Tutoring Program in Battling Learning Loss

Elisa Villanueva Beard, Teach For America
Teacher Survey

122 Teachers Speak: Surviving Student Learning Loss, Behavior Challenges

Marianna McMurdock, Jasmine De Leon & Meghan Gallagher
Pandemic

For America’s Children, Screen Time is Here to Stay

Cari Spencer
Remote Learning

Poll Shows Not All Students & Teachers Are Eager to Go Back to In-Person School

Thomas Arnett
Pandemic

Young Children’s Vaccination Rates May Have Already Peaked

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Absenteeism

74 Interview: Seeing the Nuances Behind the Chronic Absenteeism Crisis

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Texas

Rural TX Districts Struggling to Attract Teachers are Switching to 4-Day Weeks

Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune
Pandemic

As Districts Spend Relief Funds, Auditors Say ‘Business is Booming’

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Iowa

Iowa District: 5-Year-Old Refused to Wear Mask, Saying ‘My Body, My Choice’

Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch
Pandemic Policy

COVID Classroom Recovery: California Has Spent Little to Address Learning Loss

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Testing

‘Long Road to Recovery’: Math, Reading Scores Remain Below Pre-Pandemic Levels

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Learning Loss

How Summer Camps & Afterschool Programs Can Step Up to Stem Learning Loss

Aaron Dworkin & Tom Rosenberg
First Person

Student Voice: Pandemic Attendance Crisis is About More Than COVID

Andre Young
The 74 Interview

Harvard Economist Offers Gloomy Forecast on Reversing Pandemic Learning Loss

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Tutoring

Claiborne & Stockwell: Not Enough Tutors to Go Around? College Students Can Help

Christina Claiborne & Sam Stockwell
College Enrollment

Most Students Who Left College During COVID Want to Return — But Many Can’t

Courtney Brown
School Ratings

Exclusive: GreatSchools to Omit Pandemic School Testing Data From Its Ratings

Orville Jackson
Literacy

Tennessee Students Rebound to Pre-Pandemic Reading Proficiency

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Tutoring

Zoom-Based Program Links Young Students With One-on-One Reading Tutors — Right in Their Own Classrooms

Tim Newcomb
Author: Tim Newcomb
Pandemic

Greene: For Students to Get Back to Normal, They Need Support, Not Punishment

Dr. Ross Greene
Author: Dr. Ross Greene
Research

After a Decade of Gains, Latino Students Suffer Outsized Losses Amid Pandemic

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
4Fams

Adams: Public Funds for Religious Schools? It’s Been Happening in NYC for Years

Alina Adams
Author: Alina Adams
Reading Loss

Teaching Kids to Read — Not Guess. Free Summer Program Launches to Help Parents

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
Pandemic

How Blue States & Red States Use COVID Relief Funds Differently to Aid Schools

Bella DiMarco & Phyllis W. Jordan
Research

Education Dept’s R&D Arm Faces a Dire Budget Shortfall — Just as We Need It Most

Kumar Garg
Pandemic Policy

Study: Masking in School Had Little or No Effect on Student COVID Cases

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Michigan

Short on Teachers, Michigan Schools Try to Grow Their Own

Tracie Mauriello, Chalkbeat Detroit
Texas

Texas STAAR Results Improve in Math and Reading After Pandemic Dips

Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune
New Research

New Study: Black, Special Ed Students Punished at Greater Rate Through Pandemic

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
Commentary

Educator’s View: How My School’s Care Corps Helps Our Students and Community

Maricela Guerrero
COVID Slide

COVID & College: Indiana Enrollment Declines, as Only 53% of HS Grads Continue

Joshua Parrish
74’s Student Council

Mental Health, Teacher Shortages, Uvalde: Students Talk 2022’s Key School Issues

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Virginia

Youngkin Says Report on ‘Honesty Gap’ Points to Decline in Virginia Schools

Graham Moomaw, Virginia Mercury
Pandemic

Pandemic Babies Are Facing Speech & Social Development Delays. 5 Ways to Help

Abigail A. Allen, The Conversation
Michigan

As Mental Health Crisis Rages, Michigan Schools Work to Boost Kids’ Connection

Eleanore Catolico, MindSite News
Student Well-Being

New Ken Burns PBS Documentary Offers Raw Look at the Youth Mental Health Crisis

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
School Discipline

In a Year of ‘Abysmal’ Student Behavior, Ed Dept. Seeks Discipline Overhaul

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Edunomics Lab

New Learning Loss Calculator Estimates Costs of Catching Kids Up In 8K Districts

Marguerite Roza, Katherine Silberstein, Aashish Dhammani & Chad Aldeman
Los Angeles

Fuller: L.A. Offers Lessons for Helping Kids Recover from COVID Learning Loss

Bruce Fuller
Massachusetts

Paymon Rouhanifard on Boston, Tribalism and the Dangers of COVID ‘Groupthink’

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Smith: Some Clues to What States Will Do When School COVID Funding Runs Out

Aaron Garth Smith
Pandemic

COVID & Schools: Michigan Aims to Invest $280 Million in Large-Scale Tutoring Plan

Joshua Parrish
Pandemic

WATCH: Teachers Reflect on Leaving Classrooms to Launch Microschools Amid COVID

The 74
Pandemic Policy

FDA Recommends COVID Vaccines for Young Kids; 3rd Pfizer Dose May Be Key

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
New York City

Adams: What NYC’s New Remote-Only Schools Could Mean for Educational Choice

Alina Adams
Author: Alina Adams
Pandemic

Analysis: Many Districts Doing Less This Summer to Make Up for Lost Learning

Lisa Chu & Christine Pitts
The 74's Student Council

Student Voice: Graduating After a Third COVID-Disrupted School Year

Joshua Oh, Diego Camacho & Kota Babcock
COVID Shots

FDA Authorizes Moderna and Pfizer Vaccines for Kids as Young as 6 Months

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Weaving a Stronger Society

WATCH: An Inner City Teacher Helps His Community Capture Hope & Promise in Art

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao
Microschools

Replay: Why Teachers Are Leaving Classrooms Amid COVID to Launch Microschools

The 74
Teachers

Survey: Pandemic Learning Loss is Teachers’ Top Source of Job-Related Stress

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Class Disrupted Podcast

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S3 E20: Does Banning Things Actually Keep Children Safe in Schools?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Pandemic Relief Funding

How 100 Large and Urban Districts Are (and Aren’t) Engaging Stakeholders

Alvin Makori & Bree Dusseault
Louisiana

Suing Schools Over Vaccine Rules? Why One State’s Legislature Passed New Law

JC Canicosa, Louisiana Illuminator
Load More
Sign Up for The 74's Newsletter

Get the best of The 74’s education news, analysis and commentary in your inbox each weekday morning.