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Insights from a Math App About Learning in the Pandemic

Shalinee Sharma
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Study Finds that Remote Classes Led Students to Disenroll

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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McAfee Finds Vulnerability in Ed Tech Surveillance Tool

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
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How Schools Stayed Open During COVID-19

Betsy Ladyzhets, COVID-19 Data Dispatch
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COVID-19
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What Researchers Know — & Don't — as School Year Gets Underway

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins

Cleveland
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Indianapolis: Turning to Bus Drivers to Keep Students on Track
Cleveland
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Alabama: How One District Looked for Ways to Ease Educator Workloads
Cleveland
Cleveland

History: 10 Lessons in Learning Loss From Past Crises
Cleveland
Cleveland

Photo History: 52 Weeks of COVID & Schools, 52 Iconic Photos
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Why the Fallout from Pandemic’s K-Shaped Recession Will Affect Schools for Years

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins

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

From unfinished learning to missing students and lost earnings, these charts help explain the pandemic’s long-term impact

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken

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Report: Depression Among Youth Hits 30-Year High in Pandemic

Keila Szpaller, Daily Montanan

Educators' Mental Health Tied to Classroom Effectiveness

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins

16 Charts that Changed the Way We Looked at America’s Schools in 2021

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken

Pfizer Shot 91% Effective at Preventing COVID in Children Ages 5-11

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

White House Unveils Plans for Mass Vaccination Effort of 5- to 11-Year Olds

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

‘It May Even Get Worse.’ Supply Chain Crisis Forces Districts to Get Creative

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

New Partnership to Help Districts Use Real-Time Data to Aid Student Recovery

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins

‘Staggering’: New Research Shows that Child Obesity Has Soared During Pandemic

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken

Back-to-School Photo Album: Amid Delta Surge, a Surreal Return to Campus For Students Across America

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Board in Charge of National Reading Tests Moves Past Equity Dispute

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

Tests Show Early Reading Skills Rebounding, But Racial Gaps Have Grown Wider

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

Youth Vaccination Rates Plummet, Reigniting Debates Over Masks in School

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

A Year After Pre-K Went Virtual, Some Question Its Post-Pandemic Future

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

In-Person Learning Divide: TX Data Shows Students of Color Less Likely to Return

Allyson Waller, The Texas Tribune

12 Big Challenges From Last School Year That Could Now Define the Fall of 2021

Steve Snyder
Author: Steve Snyder

Federal Data Shows Pandemic Fueled Huge Drop in K-12 Enrollment

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken

COVID Family Feud? Report Shows Moms More Resistant to Vaccinating Kids vs. Dads

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

Survey: Support for Remote Schooling is Limited, but Highest Among Minorities

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

College Enrollment Continues to Plunge

Richard Whitmire
Author: Richard Whitmire

New Data: Red States Offered 432 More Hours of In-Person Learning v. Blue States

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

Studies Show Promise for Online Tutoring

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken

COVID Learning Loss: New Warning as 54% of Miami Kids Below Grade Level in Math

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

Teachers Say Math Learning Loss Might Take Years to Overcome

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano

Early Look at Relief Funds Shows Districts Give Short Shrift to Learning Loss

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

Study: Four-Day School Week Harms Learning

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken

Inside the Massachusetts Study that Helped Change the CDC’s Stance on Social Distancing

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken

FAFSA Applications Fell After COVID — And For Many Incoming Freshmen, They Haven’t Recovered

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken

Study: Chicago Tutoring Program Delivered Huge Math Gains; Personalization May Be the Key

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken

One Year into Pandemic, Far Fewer Young Students are on Target to Learn How to Read, Tests Show

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

CDC Study Finds Teachers ‘Central’ To COVID Transmission When Distancing, Masks Not Enforced

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

Survey: Pandemic-Related Stress Tops Teachers’ Reasons for Quitting, But Vaccines, COVID Testing Could Lure Some of Them Back

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

What 114 Pre-Pandemic Studies About ‘Flipped’ Classrooms Could Tell Us About Refining Our Approach to Remote Learning in 2021

Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report