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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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Future of High School

Challenging 5 Big Assumptions About Education: How 232 Schools Are Innovating

Chelsea Waite
Author: Chelsea Waite
Pandemic

Senator: Schools Should Use Pandemic Money for Lead-Free Water

Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch
Pandemic

Child Welfare Calls From Oregon Schools Dropped 30% During Distance Learning

Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle
Pandemic

Kerr & Richie: Solving the K-12 Staffing Crisis

Sara Kerr & Celeste Richie
Pandemic

Confronting Teacher Shortages: State Passes New Law to Aid Aspiring Educators

Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor
Pandemic

Different Ways to Think About COVID, Schools & Repairing Students’ Lost Learning

Bev Weintraub
Author: Bev Weintraub
Pandemic

Schools After COVID: What Education Leaders Can Learn From Parents' Innovations

Eupha Jeanne Daramola
COVID Policy Briefing

Biden and Cardona Say Schools Should Stay Open

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Pandemic

National Trauma: 1 in 450 Youth Have Lost a Parent or Caregiver to COVID

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

‘Our Parents Have Done Enough’: Cardona Urges Schools to Stay Open

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Following Federal Scrutiny, FL Education Officials Returned $878,000 to Certain Local School Boards

Danielle J. Brown, Florida Phoenix
Pandemic

Dr. Jha: Cities That Close Schools Before Bars ‘Don’t Care About Kids’

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Best of 2021

How Did Students Fare This Year? 21 Big Things We Learned About Schools in 2021

Steve Snyder
Author: Steve Snyder
Pandemic

Why I Left My District to Become an Education Advocate

Shakira Petit
Pandemic

Death Threats and Doxxing: The Outcomes of Mask Mandate and Critical Race Theory Fights at a Texas School Board

Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune
Career Ed.

One City’s Bold Youth Poverty Plan: Have Schools Partner Directly With Companies

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
Pandemic

Amid COVID, Many Families Left Their Schools. Hear These Parents Explain Why

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Pandemic

CDC Endorses Test-to-Stay to Keep Students in School

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
COVID Policy Briefing

COVID’s Missing Students: More Kids Dropping Out of Top School Districts

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Pandemic

AFT Launches Literacy Campaign, Pledging 1M Free Books for Families

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Union Membership Dropped During Year of Pandemic School Closures

Mike Antonucci
Best of 2021

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

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

Watch: Education Experts on How the Pandemic Changed Parent Attitudes on Schools

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Pandemic

One State Is Using ‘Saturday Academies’ to Address Students’ COVID Learning Loss

Joshua Parrish
Pandemic

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S3 E8: 3 Big Education Wishes for 2022

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Pandemic

Students in Majority Black Schools Now a Full 12 Months Behind White Peers

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Pandemic

COVID's Long-Term Cost? Report Warns Students Could Lose $2 Trillion in Earnings

Dan Goldhaber, Thomas J. Kane & Andrew McEachin
Pandemic

As Critical Race Theory and Mask Mandate Debates Heat Up, Texas GOP Takes Aim at Local School Board and Municipal Races

Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune
COVID Policy Briefing

Averting a Youth Mental Health Crisis: 6 Key Strategies From the Surgeon General

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Pandemic

Youth Ages 16 & 17 Now Eligible for Pfizer Booster Dose, FDA Says

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

A Voucher Program to Curb Bullying in FL Schools Could Expand — But it May Not be About Bullying

Danielle J. Brown, Florida Phoenix
Pandemic

1M HS Grads Skipped College in 2020. Only Tiny Fraction Re-Enrolled in 2021

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Can Shrinking Schools Downsize Themselves?

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Pandemic

NM Requires K-12 Staff Booster Shots as Omicron Fears Fuel Vaccination Spike

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Analysis: How to Help Students Reconnect to Teachers & Peers

Paul DiPerna
Pandemic

Districts Launch New Efforts to Get Absent 9th Graders Back in Class

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Parental Support for State Testing Rebounds

Daniel Silver & Morgan Polikoff
Pandemic

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

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
COVID Policy Briefing

The Week in COVID & Education Policy: 32% Jump in Child Cases, How Omicron Could Affect Schools, Zero Reports of Heart Inflammation Among Grade-Schoolers & More

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Pandemic

After COVID, a Long Recovery For Students: How the Pandemic Undid Years of Gains

Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune
COVID Slide

Facing a Substitute Teacher ‘Crisis,’ Utah Schools Approve Incentive Pay

Joshua Parrish
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Want to Improve Teacher Diversity in Classrooms? First Transform School Culture

Laura Waters
Author: Laura Waters
Pandemic

Statewide Tutoring Program for 150,000 Kids Who Are Just Below Grade Level

Wayne D’Orio
Pandemic

How Teachers' Innovations Meet Students' Social-Emotional Needs

Vicki Phillips
Pandemic

Analysis: Why Testing Students (Even During a Pandemic) Is Critically Important

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
Pandemic

Why Is There More Physical Violence in Schools This Year?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Pandemic

As Threat of Omicron Variant Looms, School Closures Continue Ticking Upward

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
American Education’s Most Turbulent Year

Downsize Schools, or Keep Them Open & Hope Students Come Back?

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Best of the Month

From School Board Recalls to Ballot Upsets, a New Era for Education Politics?

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California

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Kentucky

A Chance to Do Education Differently in Kentucky

Jason E. Glass
Pandemic

Lessons in Leadership Amid the Pandemic: How One College Has Weathered 15 Months

Nation Hahn, EducationNC
Pandemic

Schools Revive Holiday Traditions As COVID Leaves its Mark

Meghan Gallagher
Author: Meghan Gallagher
Pandemic

Four States Increase Access to Youth Mental Health Care

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
Pandemic

Early Childhood Education and Care Are Essential Public Infrastructure

Nonie K. Lesaux, Stephanie M. Jones & Emily Wiklund Hayhurst
Pandemic

Online Parent-Teacher Conferences Aren't Great But Still Better Than In-Person

Alina Adams
Author: Alina Adams
Pandemic

Less Than Two-Thirds of Parents Give Schools an A or B on Meeting Students’ Need

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
100 Top School Districts Adapt to COVID

Tutoring, Extra Class Time & Other Learning Acceleration Strategies

Bree Dusseault
Author: Bree Dusseault
Pandemic

Reviving Student Learning Post-COVID: One School’s Strategy for Reading Recovery

Rebecca Griesbach, AL.com
Pandemic

COVID Shutdown: How College Students Cope With Halted Study Abroad Programs

Jewél Jackson, El Paso Matters
Pandemic

Analysis: How Schools Can Close Troubling Racial Gaps in Advanced Courses

Roby Chatterji
Pandemic

School Staffing Shortages — But Not Everywhere. New Data Shows Where It’s Worse

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Addressing COVID Constituency Concerns About Learning Loss

Bob Wise
Author: Bob Wise
Pandemic

Learning Pod Teachers Say They Don’t Want to Return to Traditional Classrooms

Steven Weiner
Author: Steven Weiner
Pandemic

Virtual Mentoring Was Invaluable During the Pandemic. Keep It Going

Kate Schrauth & David Shapiro
Pandemic

Why Is This Teacher Shortage Different (and How Did We Get Here?)

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Pandemic

Reversing Students’ COVID Slide: Experts Eyeing Math Skills & Learning Recovery

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covid learning loss

Post-COVID Focus on STEM: Preparing America’s Students to Succeed After Pandemic

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Pandemic

When to End Masks at School? Amid Surge of Child Vaccines, Parents Talk Timeline

Alina Adams
Author: Alina Adams
COVID Policy Briefing

COVID Cost-Benefit: School Study Says Benefits of In-Person Class Outweigh Risks

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Pandemic

Wave of Teacher Time Off Forces Districts Short on Subs to Cancel School

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

Teacher Bonuses to Double as Tutors: One State’s Plan to Help Students Catch Up

Joshua Parrish
Pandemic

WATCH: Education Experts Talk the Importance of STEM Skills

The 74
Pandemic

Blended Learning: Build More Resilient Schools — By Using Every Tool in Our Kit

Julie Young
Pandemic

A Strategy to Lure Back Disengaged Students Amid COVID: Job Training Programs

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Pandemic

Photo Story: Inside a Local Pharmacy Offering Vaccines to Kids

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
2021 elections

School Board Politics: In Denver, Union-Backed Candidates Win Off-Year Vote

Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorado
Pandemic

Fixing the HS-to-College Pathway for Students Hit Hardest by COVID-19

Bev Perdue
Pandemic

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

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
Pandemic

COVID-19 Vaccines Roll Out for Young Children in NYC, Early-Bird Families All Sm

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

More Parents Now Saying They Won’t Be Vaccinating Children

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Pandemic

Governor's Warning: NC Teachers Struggling with Staffing Shortages, Low Pay

Alex Granados, EdNC.org
Pandemic

COVID Shots for Children Usher in New Wave of Vaccine Hesitancy

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Pandemic

Trust Requires Transparency — States Must Release Exam Results

Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger
Author: Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger
Pandemic

Parents Use Anti-Critical Race Theory Laws To Push Book Bans, School Firings

Andrea Zelinski
Career and Technical Education

Eric Adams Is NYC’s Next Mayor. 3 Key Education Issues He’ll Face

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

More Districts Scrap Mask Mandates, Embrace Test-to-Stay Measures

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
pandemic

Not Just Recovery, But Reinvention: Lessons in COVID School Innovations

Jenny Curtin, Melanie Dukes & Saskia Levy Thompson
Pandemic

Where Are Students Learning This Year?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Pandemic

NYC Retained More Students than Other Major Districts, But Tallies Questioned

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Analysis: Vaccine Requirements, Testing Options, Incentives for Getting the Shot

Travis Pillow
Author: Travis Pillow
Best of the Month

‘Chronically’ Absent: Why Are So Many Students Missing Class Amid the Pandemic?

The 74
COVID Policy Briefing

COVID Easing Among Kids? Hospitalization Rates Fall By Over Half Since August

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Pandemic

Biden's Scaled-Down Spending Plan Cuts School Construction, Trims K-12 Workers

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

5 Alarming New Undergraduate Enrollment Numbers

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
Pandemic

Partisan Feud Pits Members’ Safety Against Parents’ Free Speech Rights

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
Pandemic

New NYC Mayor Must Re-Engage Students, Families Hit Hardest by COVID

Barbara A. Glassman & Frankie Miranda
Pandemic

Districts Struggle to Make Widespread COVID Testing Happen in Schools

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

FDA Panel Recommends Authorization of Pfizer Shots for Kids Ages 5 to 11

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Schools Are Open, But Cleveland Kids Keep Cutting Class

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
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