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5 Years Later: My Pandemic Predictions on Learning Loss, Disengagement and More

Aldeman: What I got right and wrong about learning losses, disengagement from school and income disparities in which kids got hurt the most

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
commentary
commentary

The Pandemic Was a Sputnik Moment for Rethinking American Education. We Blew It

Lake & Hill: Now, the nation's schools need to learn from their COVID missteps and take bold, new action to address education’s future.

Robin Lake & Paul Hill
The Big Picture
The Big Picture
The Big Picture

New NAEP Scores Dash Hope of Post-COVID Learning Recovery

Results from the Nation’s Report Card offer few positive signs, with reading performance slumping even since the heart of the pandemic.

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
early learning
early learning

In the Rush to COVID Recovery, Did We Forget About Our Youngest Learners?

Research finds the country’s youngest elementary school students aren’t catching back up to pre-pandemic levels in reading and math like older kids.

Lauren Camera
commentary
commentary

Developing Ed Tech With a Focus on Students, Teachers and the Research

Liang-Vergara: To recover from COVID learning losses, the nation needs educator and community engagement & federal investment in education R&D.

Chris Liang-Vergara
Author: Chris Liang-Vergara

learning loss

learning loss
learning loss

Exclusive: Study Finds COVID Harmed Cognitive Skills of Students — and Teachers

New working paper is believed to be the first to link weaker memory and diminished ‘flexible thinking’ skills to the pandemic’s academic downturn.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

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child poverty

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

Keri Rodrigues
Author: Keri Rodrigues
special education

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
districts

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Big Picture

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

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Analysis

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

David Wakelyn
Author: David Wakelyn
learning loss

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

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
The 74 Interview

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
influenza

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
audience survey

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

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
school safety

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

Kevin Richert, IdahoEdNews.org
COVID Policy Briefing

Teen Brains Changed During COVID, Scans Show

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
learning loss

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

Arun K. Ramanathan
Author: Arun K. Ramanathan
The Big Picture

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

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Opinion

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

Lo Patrick
Author: Lo Patrick
Pandemic

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

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
Opinion

A ‘Fiercely Compassionate’ Approach to Student Mental Health

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

Pandemic-Related School Closures Fueled Enrollment Exodus, Report Finds

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
caregiver loss

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Analysis

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

Phyllis W. Jordan
Author: Phyllis W. Jordan
Pandemic

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

Adriana Villavicencio, University of California, Irvine
podcast

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

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Opinion

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

Kevin Huffman
Author: Kevin Huffman
A Nation Divided

How Educational Inequities Are Further Tearing Apart the Country

Conor P. Williams & Shantel Meek
Analysis

3 Misconceptions About Pandemic-Related Learning Loss

Sarah Cashdollar, Mariana Barragan Torres & Meg Bates
COVID Policy Briefing

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

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Opinion

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

John B. King & Jacquelyn Davis
learning loss

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

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Analysis

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

Rianna Saslow
Author: Rianna Saslow
mental health

Virtual Nightmare: One Student’s Journey Through the Pandemic

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
The Big Picture

Teachers Felt More COVID Anxiety than Healthcare Workers, Study Finds

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Teaching Hiring

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
NAEP

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

Robin Lake & Paul Hill
COVID-19

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

Mario Ramirez & Andrew Buher
COVID Policy Briefing

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

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Pandemic

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Cleveland

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

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
NAEP Results

English Learners Make Significant Gains in Reading Despite Pandemic Disruptions

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
EDlection 2022

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

Alina Tugend
Pandemic

Learning Acceleration and Assessment Strategies in 100 Large Urban Districts

Cara Pangelinan
Author: Cara Pangelinan
EDlection 2022

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
NAEP

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
pandemic

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

Ian Rosenblum
Author: Ian Rosenblum
podcast

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

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
NAEP

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

Andrew J. Rotherham
Author: Andrew J. Rotherham
NAEP

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

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Kansas

Schools Serve Parents With Debt Collection Letters Over Pandemic Enrollment Fees

Rachel Mipro, Kansas Reflector
COVID Policy Briefing

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

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
New Mexico

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

Shaun Griswold
literacy

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
COVID Slide

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

Joshua Parrish
EDlection 2022

More Parents Motivated to Vote in Midterms, Poll Finds

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
California

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

Cari Spencer
Atlanta

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

Vanessa McCray, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Indiana

New Indiana Tutoring Program Empowers Parents, Encourages School Collaboration

Wayne D’Orio
pandemic

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

Robin Lake
Author: Robin Lake
Pandemic

ACT Scores Fall to Lowest Level In 30 Years

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Child Care Crisis

Lessons for Reporting on Child Care — A Glimpse Into the Future

Rebecca Gale
Author: Rebecca Gale
Class Disrupted Podcast

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E1: The Disruptive Journey Ahead

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
pandemic

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

Phyllis W. Jordan & Bella DiMarco
Pandemic

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
The 74 Interview

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
COVID Policy Briefing

Many Americans Know Little About Updated COVID Boosters

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Cleveland

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

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
ACS

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
covid

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

Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle
ELA

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

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
absenteeism

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
learning loss

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

Amanda Neitzel
Author: Amanda Neitzel
covid

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
COVID Slide

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

Joshua Parrish
Future of High School

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

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
COVID Policy Briefing

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

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
higher education

Traditional University Teacher Ed Programs Face Enrollment Declines, Staff Cuts

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
100 Top School Districts Adapt to COVID

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

Bree Dusseault
Author: Bree Dusseault
education

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
pandemic

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

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
Pandemic

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
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
COVID Policy Briefing

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

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Pandemic

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
Pandemic

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

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. 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
Homeless Students

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

Magda Hernandez, Christian Science Monitor
Pandemic

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

Nadra Nittle, The 19th
EDlection 2022

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

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

‘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
learning loss

A New Initiative to Tackle Education’s Big Problems

Andrew J. Rotherham
Author: Andrew J. Rotherham
charter schools

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

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Academic Recovery

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

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

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

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
100 Top School Districts Adapt to COVID

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

Cara Pangelinan & Bree Dusseault
pandemic

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

Nathaniel Klein, Virginia Mercury
COVID Policy Briefing

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

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
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