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WATCH: Education Experts Talk the Importance of STEM Skills (and the Urgent Need to Accelerate) Math Recovery in a Post-COVID World

WATCH: Education Experts Talk the Importance of STEM Skills (and the Urgent Need to Accelerate) Math Recovery in a Post-COVID World
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Quarantines, Not School Closures, Led to Devastating Losses in Math and Reading

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Bracing for a Tidal Wave of Unnecessary Special Education Referrals

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How 14 States Are Making Sure Teachers Have High-Quality Materials Students Need

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Taking Care of Her ‘Babies’: How One LAUSD Principal Provides Pandemic Recovery to Vulnerable Kids

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Teen Brains Changed During COVID, Scans Show

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

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

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

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

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A ‘Fiercely Compassionate’ Approach to Student Mental Health

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Pandemic-Related School Closures Fueled Enrollment Exodus, Report Finds

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

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

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

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

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

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How Educational Inequities Are Further Tearing Apart the Country

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3 Misconceptions About Pandemic-Related Learning Loss

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

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

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

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

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Virtual Nightmare: One Student’s Journey Through the Pandemic

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Teachers Felt More COVID Anxiety than Healthcare Workers, Study Finds

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

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

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

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

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

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

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English Learners Make Significant Gains in Reading Despite Pandemic Disruptions

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

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Learning Acceleration and Assessment Strategies in 100 Large Urban Districts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Schools Serve Parents With Debt Collection Letters Over Pandemic Enrollment Fees

Rachel Mipro

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

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

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

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

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More Parents Motivated to Vote in Midterms, Poll Finds

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

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

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New Indiana Tutoring Program Empowers Parents, Encourages School Collaboration

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

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ACT Scores Fall to Lowest Level In 30 Years

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

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LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E1: The Disruptive Journey Ahead

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

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

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

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Many Americans Know Little About Updated COVID Boosters

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

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

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

Alex Baumhardt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Traditional University Teacher Ed Programs Face Enrollment Declines, Staff Cuts

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

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

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

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Learning and Love: A Lesson from Mr. Rogers for the Start of a New School Year

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COVID Brief: Students and Teachers Face Learning Loss as New Year Begins

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The Biggest Blind Spot in Education: Parents’ Role in Their Children’s Learning

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With an Online Community & Summer Camp, Scratch Brings Coding to 42 Million Kids

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EXCLUSIVE: CRPE Situation Report — State of the American Student, September 2022

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Financial Innovations During COVID Show Schools Can Be Nimble When They Have To

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

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A Slow-Motion Crisis: Gen Z’s Battle Against Depression, Addiction, Hopelessness

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School Mask, Vaccine Mandates Are Mostly Gone. But What if the Virus Comes Back?

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Analysis: Texas & Tennessee Get Tutoring Right — and Model How to Expand it Nationwide

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

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