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COVID Learning Loss: Missouri Scores Show Dramatic Drop in Student Performance

Joshua Parrish
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Less Classroom Time For Students? New Washington Bill Would Trim 4 Hours a Week

Joshua Parrish
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Iowa Schools Cutting Budgets, Bracing for 2024 Financial Pain as COVID Aid Ends

Joshua Parrish
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COVID’s Missing Kids: How Connecticut Is Successfully Reengaging Absent Students

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

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

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

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

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

Joshua Parrish
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Idaho to Offer Learning Loss Grants Directly to Parents to Help Kids Rebound

Joshua Parrish
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4-Day School Week? Rural Districts Adjusting to Teacher Burnout, Low Attendance

Joshua Parrish
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Why Schools in One State Are Asking Students For Ideas on Best Way to Use Funds

Joshua Parrish
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Panic in Pennsylvania Schools Amid Declining Teaching Candidates & Applications

Joshua Parrish
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New Education Law Would Require Measuring of Student Learning Loss Due to COVID

Joshua Parrish
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COVID’s Missing Students: Plummeting Enrollment at New York City Public Schools

Joshua Parrish
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How ‘Saturday Accelerators’ Are Helping Students Repair COVID Learning Loss

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

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

Joshua Parrish
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Why One State Is Investing Millions Into ‘Academic Coaches’ for Students

Joshua Parrish
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Cafeteria Crisis: Schools Scramble on Student Meals Amid Food & Supply Shortages

Joshua Parrish
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Alarming Test Scores Show Major Declines for Students in Both Math and Reading

Joshua Parrish
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Indiana’s Dire Education Warning: Kids May Need 5 Years to Recover Lost Learning

Joshua Parrish
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Alabama Says Vaccinated Students Will Never Need to Quarantine This School Year

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

Joshua Parrish
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Seattle Schools to Compensate Families For Special Ed Violations Amid Pandemic

Joshua Parrish
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How Bad Is COVID Learning Loss? An Expert’s Appeal to States: Assess Damage—Fast

Joshua Parrish
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State Passes New Law Granting Students Mental Health Days Away From School

Joshua Parrish
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COVID v. College: In Many States, Fewer HS Grads Are Continuing Their Education

Joshua Parrish
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The New COVID Education Debate: Improve Remote Learning in the Fall — or Ban It?

Joshua Parrish
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California’s Missing Students: 61,000 Fewer Kindergarteners Across State

Joshua Parrish
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Kentucky Offering Families Extra ‘Do-Over’ School Year to Combat Learning Loss

Joshua Parrish
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Teachers want to help kids with learning loss — but lack data on who needs help

Joshua Parrish
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Education Through the Pandemic: From a Four-Fold Increase in F Grades in Connecticut to Expanding Mental Health Services For Colorado’s Students, 8 Ways States Are Confronting COVID-19

Joshua Parrish
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Education Through the Pandemic: From Utah Schools Making Virtual Learning a Long-Term Option to New Jersey Towns Aiding Teachers in Securing Vaccines, 11 Ways States Are Coping With COVID-19

Joshua Parrish
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Education Through the Pandemic: From Growing Concerns About California’s Missing Kindergarteners to New Florida Proposals to Repair Learning Loss, 10 Ways States Are Coping With COVID-19

Joshua Parrish
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This Week’s ESSA News: Texas Schools Turn to Career and Technical Education as Tool For Equity, Indiana Considers Rebooting State Accountability System, a Push to Preserve Special Ed During the Pandemic & More

Joshua Parrish
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Education Through the Pandemic: From Iowa Schools Making Remote Learning a Permanent Option to Minnesota’s Plan to Give Some HS Seniors Automatic Admission to Colleges, 12 Ways States Are Coping With COVID-19

Joshua Parrish
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Education Through the Pandemic: From Hawaii’s Push For a Statewide Plan to Reverse Learning Loss to Kentucky’s Bid to Close State’s ‘Nutrition Gap,’ 8 Ways States & Educators Are Coping With COVID-19

Joshua Parrish
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Education Through the Pandemic: From NJ Schools Innovating With Evening Kindergarten to Colorado’s Push to Reconnect With 29,000 Missing Students, 10 Ways States & Educators Are Coping With COVID-19

Joshua Parrish
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Education Through the Pandemic: From Florida’s Remote Learners Falling Behind In-Person Peers to Houston Schools Scoring Record Failure Rates, 9 Ways States & Educators Are Coping With COVID-19

Joshua Parrish
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Education Through the Pandemic: From Arizona Closing Classrooms Due to Staffing Shortages to Louisiana’s Showdown With Schools Over Quarantine Rules, 10 Ways States & Educators Are Coping With COVID-19

Joshua Parrish
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Education Through the Pandemic: From Spiking Absenteeism in Virginia to Infected Bus Drivers in Colorado & Cities Asking Support Staff to Fill in For Missing Teachers, 12 Ways States Are Coping With COVID-19

Joshua Parrish
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Education Through a Pandemic: From Protests in Maryland Pitting Parents vs. Teachers Over Reopening to Oregon’s Revamped Attendance Policy, 9 Ways States and Schools Are Coping With COVID-19

Joshua Parrish
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Educating Through a Pandemic: 75 Kansas Counties Now in COVID School ‘Red Zones’ to California Libraries Providing Live Online Tutoring, 11 Ways States Are Aiding Schools Amid COVID-19

Joshua Parrish
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Educating Through a Pandemic: From Alaska Schools Creating Digital Networks to Aid Remote Learning to a Homework Freeze in Texas to Limit Screen Time, 9 Ways States Are Aiding Schools Amid COVID-19

Joshua Parrish
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Educating Through a Pandemic: From Rhode Island Launching Contact Tracing Program in Classrooms to Colorado’s New Funding for Internet Access, 10 Ways States Are Aiding Schools Amid COVID-19

Joshua Parrish
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Educating Through a Pandemic: From Iowa Schools’ ‘Illegal’ Reopening Plans to Texas’s Waiving of Grade Promotion Rules and Indiana’s Funding Threats, 12 Ways States Are Adapting to COVID-19

Erika Ross
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Educating Through a Pandemic: From a Kansas Showdown Over Campus Closures to California’s New Tool to Measure Learning and New York’s Surge in Homeschooling Families, 11 Ways Schools & States Are Adapting to COVID-19

Erika Ross
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Educating Through a Pandemic: From Conflicting Local and State Plans in Connecticut to Homeschooling in Nebraska and Color-Coded Campus Days in SC, 8 Ways Schools & States Are Adapting to COVID-19

Erika Ross
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Educating Through a Pandemic: From Saturday Classes in Oklahoma to Alabama’s Bid to Commission Virtual Alternatives and Washington’s Return to Face-to-Face Classes, 13 Ways Schools & States Are Adapting to COVID-19

Erika Ross
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Educating Through the Pandemic: From Hawaii’s Push for In-Person Summer School to Arkansas’s Reopening ‘Playbook’, 8 New Ways Educators and States Are Looking to Adapt to COVID-19

Erika Ross
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