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After COVID, a Need for ‘Year-Round’ School to Catch Kids Up?

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
Pandemic
COVID-19
Pandemic

Learning Loss Magnified in Remote Districts, Study Finds

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Annenberg Institute
Annenberg Institute

Districts Have Billions for Learning Recovery, But Some Students Can’t Find Help

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Pandemic

ESL Educators/Tutors Weigh in on Pandemic’s Effect on English Learners

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
California
California

States Passed Retention Laws to Combat Learning Loss, But Most Parents Said No

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

Cleveland
Cleveland

Indianapolis: Turning to Bus Drivers to Keep Students on Track
Cleveland
Cleveland

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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“Innovation & recovery”
Pandemic

Why the Fallout from Pandemic’s K-Shaped Recession Will Affect Schools for Years

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins

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

Schools should seek to more substantially improve the quality of education they offer, particularly for students of color

Adriana Villavicencio, University of California, Irvine

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LAUSD’s Test Scores Reveal Large Drops For Latino & Female Students

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How Educational Inequities Are Further Tearing Apart the Country

Conor Williams & Shantel Meek
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Experts: Dismal NAEP Scores Offer Districts Chance to ‘Pivot’ on Relief Funds

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

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

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

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

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Free SAT Boot Camp & Tutoring Platform Is Getting Noticed by States, Colleges

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Study: Damage from NAEP Math Losses Could Total Nearly $1 Trillion

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New Learning Loss Scorecard Shows Parents How Pandemic Impacted Their Schools

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Learning Acceleration and Assessment Strategies in 100 Large Urban Districts

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

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All Struggling Students Deserve Tutoring — Like My Daughter Gets from Her Dad

Alina Adams
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Nation’s Declining Report Card Mirrors Drops in State Standardized Test Scores

Bella DiMarco
Author: Bella DiMarco
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Parents Are Owed the Truth About Learning Loss. NAEP Proves It

Andrew J. Rotherham
Author: Andrew J. Rotherham
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Exclusive Literacy Data: Small Gains Since Last Fall, But No Reading Rebound

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Can Afterschool Programs Help Students With Learning Recovery, Mental Health?

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More Parents Motivated to Vote in Midterms, Poll Finds

Linda Jacobson
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New Indiana Tutoring Program Empowers Parents, Encourages School Collaboration

Wayne D’Orio
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ACT Scores Fall to Lowest Level In 30 Years

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Education Spending, Funds for Learning Recovery in Election-Year Spotlight

Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder
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4 Big Takeaways on the Pandemic’s Mixed Effects on NYC Students’ Test Scores

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

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

Robin Lake & Travis Pillow
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Facing Pandemic Learning Crisis, Districts Spend Relief Funds at a Snail’s Pace

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

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A New Initiative to Tackle Education’s Big Problems

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
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Gifted Summer Programs Skew White & Wealthy. Not Baltimore’s — And It’s Free

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
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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
The Big Picture

New Research: Summer Learning Boosts Math Performance, College Graduation

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Lessons from TFA’s Virtual Tutoring Program in Battling Learning Loss

Elisa Villanueva Beard, Teach For America
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122 Teachers Speak: Surviving Student Learning Loss, Behavior Challenges

Marianna McMurdock, Jasmine De Leon & Meghan Gallagher
American Rescue Plan

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

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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How Summer Camps & Afterschool Programs Can Step Up to Stem Learning Loss

Aaron Dworkin & Tom Rosenberg
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Harvard Economist Offers Gloomy Forecast on Reversing Pandemic Learning Loss

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Tennessee Students Rebound to Pre-Pandemic Reading Proficiency

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

Tim Newcomb
Author: Tim Newcomb
AmeriCorps

Despite Urgency, New National Tutoring Effort Could Take 6 Months to Ramp Up

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
decoding

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

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
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New Learning Loss Calculator Estimates Costs of Catching Kids Up In 8K Districts

Marguerite Roza, Katherine Silberstein, Aashish Dhammani & Chad Aldeman
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Analysis: Many Districts Doing Less This Summer to Make Up for Lost Learning

Lisa Chu & Christine Pitts
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

Amid COVID, Closures & Zoom, a Teacher Fights to Preserve School Relationships

Greg Toppo
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Jeff Bezos

A Billionaire’s Gift Expands Reach of ‘Unapologetic’ Oakland Parent’s Group

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
The Big Picture

Study: COVID Learning Loss Comparable to That Inflicted by Hurricane Katrina

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

Q&A: David Brooks on Schools, Society’s Divides & How ‘Weavers’ Can Heal America

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Candidate for Ohio Governor Pushes Summer School To Account for COVID Learning Loss

Susan Tebben, Ohio Capital Journal
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One Key Tool For Schools in Confronting COVID Learning Loss: Peer Tutors

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The Impact of ‘Lost Instructional Time’ on Students During COVID-19

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San Francisco Recall a Rare Success in Efforts to Unseat School Board Members

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Author: Kevin Mahnken
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COVID Learning Loss—New Data Reveals Pandemic Has Pushed Young Readers Off Track

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
American Education’s Most Turbulent Year

700 Days Since Lockdown: COVID’s ‘Seismic Interruption to Education’

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Bill de Blasio

Williams: Year-Round Schooling, Not Just a Question of Time, But Quality

Conor Williams
Author: Conor Williams
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As Schools Fight Learning Loss, Experts Ask: Can Tutoring Programs Be Scaled?

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Rising Segregation for Latino Students Hinders COVID Recovery Efforts

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Different Ways to Think About COVID, Schools & Repairing Students’ Lost Learning

Bev Weintraub
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New School Data: 2021 Math & Reading Scores Reveal Widening Academic Divide

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
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COVID Shots for Children Usher in New Wave of Vaccine Hesitancy

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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Why One State Is Investing Millions Into ‘Academic Coaches’ for Students

Joshua Parrish
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Insights from a Math App About Learning in the Pandemic

Shalinee Sharma
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The Science of Catching Students Up After COVID Learning Loss

Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report
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New Partnership to Help Districts Use Real-Time Data to Aid Student Recovery

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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Pandemic Testing Gaps Make it Harder to Help Struggling Schools

Linda Jacobson
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Back-to-School Photo Album: Amid Delta Surge, a Surreal Return to Campus For Students Across America
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90% of Kids in This City Are Behind in Math. Can a New Tutoring Initiative Help?

Laura Waters
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‘Social Experiment’ Gives Thousands of Girls Opportunity to Learn Game Design

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Pandemic

Back to School — After 18 Months of COVID: Before Kids Can Learn They Must Heal

Conor Williams
Author: Conor Williams
Pandemic

Study: Summer School in 2022 Could Rescue U.S. from Long-Term GDP Decline

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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This Summer, Game Design on Tap to Remediate STEM Learning Loss

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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What Researchers Know — & Don't — as School Year Gets Underway

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Pandemic

In a Summer of Recovery for Students, Some Programs Face Teacher Shortages

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

COVID Learning Loss: New Evidence Shows Pandemic Hit Boys Harder

Mila Koumpilova, Chalkbeat Chicago
Pandemic

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
COVID Slide

Counselor Shortage: Oklahoma Approves $35 Million For Mental Health Training

Joshua Parrish
Pandemic

Online STEM Summer Bootcamps Target COVID Learning Loss

Tim Newcomb
Author: Tim Newcomb
Pandemic

Schools Are Adopting ‘Mastery’ Approach to Help Kids Recover COVID Learning Loss

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
Pandemic

3 DC Charters Seek Greenlight to Keep Virtual Learning

Taylor Swaak
Author: Taylor Swaak
COVID Slide

Seattle Schools to Compensate Families For Special Ed Violations Amid Pandemic

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

Steve Snyder
Author: Steve Snyder
Pandemic

COVID Learning Loss: 2 in 3 Kids Now Below Grade Level in Math in One Texas City

Molly Smith, El Paso Matters
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Educator’s View: Can We Get Students a Do-Over School Year?

Corina Sapien
Pandemic

Analysis: Focus on Grade-Level Standards or Meet Students Where They Are? How an Unintentional Experiment Guided a Strategy for Addressing Learning Loss

Joel Rose
The Big Picture

New Data on Students with Disabilities Finds Opportunity and Risk

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Pandemic

Studies Show Promise for Online Tutoring

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

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

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Pandemic

Teachers Say Math Learning Loss Might Take Years to Overcome

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
Pandemic

New Report: Use Acceleration, Not Remediation, to Fight COVID Learning Loss

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Pandemic

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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