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COVID Slide

Rolling coverage about how COVID-19 is affecting children’s learning and academic progress

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

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

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

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

February 23, 2023

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

October 19, 2022

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

September 26, 2022

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

August 19, 2022

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

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

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

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

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

Panic in Pennsylvania Schools Amid Declining Teaching Candidates & Applications

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

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

February 8, 2022

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

January 11, 2022

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

December 1, 2021

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

November 10, 2021

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

October 25, 2021

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

October 5, 2021

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

September 22, 2021

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

September 8, 2021

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

August 17, 2021

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

Seattle Schools to Compensate Families For Special Ed Violations Amid Pandemic

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

February 23, 2021

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

February 16, 2021

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

February 1, 2021

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

January 18, 2021

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

January 3, 2021

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

December 7, 2020

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

November 16, 2020

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

October 26, 2020

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

October 13, 2020

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

September 27, 2020

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

September 15, 2020

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

August 18, 2020

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

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

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

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