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COVID Learning Loss Comparable to That Inflicted by Hurricane Katrina, Study Finds; Math Drops Outpace Reading

COVID Learning Loss Comparable to That Inflicted by Hurricane Katrina, Study Finds; Math Drops Outpace Reading
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Pandemic Grads Had No Prom, No Pomp and Circumstance, & Started College on Zoom

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Chronic Absenteeism’s Post-COVID ‘New Normal’: Data Shows It Is More Extreme

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Boys Outperform Girls in Middle School STEM, Reversing Gender Gap, Study Finds

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David Zweig Calls COVID School Closures ‘a False Story about Medical Consensus’

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Five Years On, COVID-Era Enrollment Declines Decimate L.A. Schools

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COVID Internet Connectivity Crisis Has Eased For Most Families, But Risks Remain

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Student Absences Have Surged Since COVID. Some Say Parents Should be Jailed

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Close to $3 Billion in Relief Funds in Jeopardy as Ed Dept. Halts Payments

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Schools In This California Town Won Praise for Their Pandemic Comeback. Here’s How

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She Loved Teaching, but After COVID Lockdowns, She Broke Up With It

Gabrielle Birkner

Remote Learning Was Supposed to Make Snow Days Obsolete. But Did It Really?

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KIPP’s Night Kindergarten in Newark: A Rare ‘Bright Spot’ in COVID’s Dark Days

Linda Jacobson

The Case for Doubling Down on Tutoring, a Proven Solution We Can’t Afford to Lose

Kevin Huffman & Sadie Jefferson

Why Hate Math?: Brooklyn Sisters’ Tutoring Co. Helps Kids Build STEM Identity

Jo Napolitano

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

Robin Lake & Paul Hill

How COVID Shaped Child Care and Early Learning

Kendra Hurley

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

Chad Aldeman

How States Can Soften the Fall From the Fiscal Cliff

Thomas J. Kane & Jason Godfrey

Standards Gap: Why Many Students Score Proficient on State Tests But Not on NAEP

Thomas Toch & Bella DiMarco

Research: Learning Recovery Has Stalled, Despite Billions in Pandemic Aid

Kevin Mahnken

New NAEP Scores Dash Hope of Post-COVID Learning Recovery

Kevin Mahnken

How Effective is Tutoring in The United States? 4 Essential Reads

Jusneel Mahal

Leanlab Founder Says Ed Tech Should Root Itself in Community Voice, Co-Design

Greg Toppo

Four Insights into U.S. Students’ Drop in Math & Science on International Test

Kevin Mahnken

Chicago Extends Deadline for $500 Grants to Help Families of Students with Disabilities

Reema Amin

Charter Schools Continue to See Enrollment Increases Post-Pandemic

Lauren Camera

The ‘Average Student’ Is a Myth. Teaching to Those at the Margins Helps All Kids

Lindsay E. Jones

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

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Grand Jury: Oklahoma Gov’s Management of Pandemic Programs was ‘Indefensible’

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Test Scores For Hawaii Students Show Little Progress Despite Major Funding Boost

Megan Tagami

Equity, Impact, Transparency: Rethinking Ed Vendor Contracts After ESSER

Patricia Burch

Report: Nearly 500 Schools Underenrolled and Chronically Underperforming

Marianna McMurdock

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

Lauren Camera

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

Greg Toppo

America Risks Losing a Whole Generation of Kids. Today’s Schools Can’t Help Them

Robin Lake

Testing Data Shows Middle Schoolers Are Further Behind in Science Than in 2021

Kevin Mahnken

Do Some Kids Learn Better Online? A New Kansas City Virtual Academy Thinks So

Maria Benevento

Study: State Report Cards Need Big Improvements in Tracking COVID Learning Loss

Morgan Polikoff

Oregon Teachers Gather to Find Solutions to Close Pandemic Learning Gaps

Alex Baumhardt

The Pandemic Set Young Kids Back. Their Struggle to Recover is Especially Acute

Kalyn Belsha

Students Headed to High School Are Academically a Year Behind, COVID Study Finds

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President Joe Biden Bows Out of Reelection Campaign, Harris Vows Nomination Win

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Indiana’s New ILEARN Test Scores Show Student Progress Remained Stagnant in 2024

Casey Smith

Washington State Schools Missed 8,500 Kids for Special Ed Referrals During COVID

Beth Hawkins

How Community Colleges Kept Students Engaged During and After the Pandemic

Xueli Wang

Good Student-Teacher Relationships Spiked During COVID. How to Get Them Back

Hunter Gehlbach & Li Li

Tutoring Company with Chinese Ties Hits Back at Parents Group’s Bid to ‘Destroy’ It

Greg Toppo

North Carolina Has Lost Almost 5% of Its Child Care Programs Since Pandemic

Katie Dukes

Rural Students’ Access to Wi-Fi is in Jeopardy as Pandemic-Era Resources Recede

Gabriel E. Hales & Keith N. Hampton

Video: With COVID Funds Ending, How Can Schools Keep Their Best Programs Going?

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Nearly a Third of North Carolina Child Care Providers to Close Within Months

Katie Dukes

Chronic Absenteeism Rises in Texas Schools Post-Pandemic

Claudia Lorena Silva

NYC Schools Will No Longer Require 5-Day COVID Quarantines, Following CDC Guidance

Julian Shen-Berro

Americans Have Yet to Accept COVID’s Tragedy — And Are Taking It Out On Schools

Conor P. Williams

Four Years After COVID, Former Superintendent Looks Back with Pride — and Regret

Linda Jacobson

Keeping Learning Recovery Going When Federal Pandemic Funds Dry Up

Denise Forte

‘We Are in a Different Place’: CDC Lifts 5-Day Isolation Guidelines for COVID

Helena Oliviero & Stephanie Lamm

California Schools Gained Billions During COVID-19. Now the Money is Running Out

Carolyn Jones

Job Focused Community College Programs Grow — But Grim Transfer Trend Continues

Joshua Bay

Iowa Appeals Court Upholds Law Banning Mask Mandates in Schools

Clark Kauffman

These Fed-Up Parents Fought California’s Pandemic Schooling and Won. Now What?

Carolyn Jones

Lost Learning = Lost Earning, an Equation that Could Cost the U.S. $31 Trillion

Kevin Mahnken

Texas Children Still Struggle in Math Post-Pandemic, Schools Try New Approaches

Brian Lopez

As Relief Funds Expire, Harvard’s Kane Says ‘Whole Generation’ Still Needs Help

Linda Jacobson

Why Now Is the Perfect Time to Redesign the New American High School

Robin Lake

To Fight Chronic Absenteeism, Ohio Lawmakers Propose Paying Kids to Go to School

Susan Tebben

Helping Teens Succeed: We Must Blur the Lines Between HS, College & Careers

Jared Polis

Road Scholars: When These Families Travel, School Comes Along for the Ride

Linda Jacobson

The Re-Education of Uché Blackstock, the Doctor Disrupting ‘Medical Apartheid’

Mark Swartz

State Will Roll Out More Money to Help Districts Pay to Bus Students to School

Ross Williams

1 in 5 Students, Majority of Native American Pupils, Chronically Absent in SD

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As Nation Reels from Chronic Absenteeism, Indiana Confronts it in the Extreme

Kate Rix

Grieving Houston Students’ Well-Being at Stake as COVID-19 Funds Fade

Asher Lehrer-Small

6 Ways Schools Can Better Engage Parents Worried About COVID Learning Loss

Keri Rodrigues

When Getting Good Grades and Working at Grade Level Are Not the Same Thing

Lauren Wagner

74 Interview: Why Social Media is Being Blamed for the Youth Suicide Crisis

Mark Keierleber

Indiana Advocates: Expiring COVID Funds May Derail Summer, Afterschool Learning

Patrick O’Donnell

The Year in Education: 23 Top Stories About Schools, Kids & Learning Recovery

Steve Snyder

14 Charts that Changed the Way We Looked at America’s Schools in 2023

Kevin Mahnken

Closing Education’s ‘Honesty Gap’: Greater Transparency for Parents After COVID

Aimee Guidera

Virginia Data Shows Severe Shortage of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists

Hollyann Purvis/Capital News Service

ESSER Funds: NC Districts Played It Safe on Teacher Pay & May Avoid Fiscal Cliff

Bella DiMarco

10 Teens Talk Mental Health, AI & What It’s Like to Be a Student in 2023

Cara Pangelinan

Online Schooling for Washington’s Youngest Students is on the Rise

Grace Deng

Texas Community Colleges See Biggest Enrollment Recovery Since the Pandemic

Caroline Wilburn

COVID Funds Help Hawaii Schools Tackle Absenteeism. What Happens When They Run Out?

Megan Tagami

What Autistic Students Can Teach Us About Focusing on Assets, Not Deficits

Kristie Patten

Test Scores Show Slow Progress For Hawaii Students

Megan Tagami

America’s Child Poverty Rate Doubled in 2022. Now States Are Rushing to Step In

Anna Claire Vollers

‘Whole Child, Whole Life’ Book Offers 10 Ways For Kids to Live, Learn & Thrive

Conor P. Williams

After COVID, the Race to Restore Student Connections and School Relationships

David Adams

Team Teaching Is the Best Use of ESSER Funds to Boost Student Learning after COVID

Emily Ayscue Hassel & Bryan C. Hassel

California Student Test Scores Change Little from Last Year’s Low

Erica Yee

A Tale of Extremes: More High & Low Scores in Ohio’s K-Shaped Learning Recovery

Patrick O’Donnell

Georgia’s High School Seniors Graduate at a Slightly Higher Rate

Ty Tagami

How Have Schools Improved Since the Pandemic? What Teachers Had to Say

Cory Beets

Washington Charter School Students See Big Gains on State Math Tests

Jo Napolitano

With More Teachers & Fewer Students, Districts Are Set up for Financial Trouble

Chad Aldeman

Uncertain Future for Providers as Child Care Crisis Looms

Whitney Downard

Oklahoma Schools Face Substitute Teacher Shortages

Nuria Martinez-Keel
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