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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鈥檚 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 youngest elementary school students aren鈥檛 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 鈥� and Teachers

New working paper is believed to be the first to link weaker memory and diminished 鈥榝lexible thinking鈥� skills to the pandemic鈥檚 academic downturn.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

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commentary

Students Will Pay a Heavy Price If Feds Gut Funding for High-Impact Tutoring

Maureen Tracey-Mooney
Author: Maureen Tracey-Mooney
commentary

New Survey Shows 440,000 More Tutors, Mentors Supporting Students 鈥� But It鈥檚 Not Enough

Robert Balfanz
Author: Robert Balfanz
LAUSD 65th Anniversary

Historic Los Angeles Testing Gains Lift Even the Lowest-Performing Schools

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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The Post-Pandemic Promise of High-Impact Tutoring

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Ohio

Homeschooling in Ohio is Seeing Another Recent Surge After Spiking During the Pandemic

Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal
NAEP

Students鈥� Skills 鈥� and Interest 鈥� in Science Tumble in First Post-COVID Test

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Future of High School

COVID Worsened Long Decline in 12th-Graders鈥� Reading, Math Skills

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
U.S. Department of Education

As Students Return to School, Educators Grapple With Chaos From Washington

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Analysis

Black, Latino & Low-Income Kids Felt Better Doing Remote School During COVID

Daniel Silver, Morgan Polikoff & Daniel A. Hackman

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Hosts Michael Horn & Diane Tavenner present a podcast about the future of education

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College, Career, Learning Recovery: How America's high schools are evolving for the next generation of teenagers.
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alternative education

New Book Charts Microschool Founders鈥� Paths to Independence

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
commentary

Girls’ STEM Skills Slipped During COVID. Here’s What to Do

Megan Kuhfield, NWEA
California

Pandemic Grads Had No Prom, No Pomp and Circumstance, & Started College on Zoom

Deborah Brennan, CalMatters
Chronic Absenteeism

Chronic Absenteeism鈥檚 Post-COVID 鈥楴ew Normal鈥�: Data Shows It Is More Extreme

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
STEM

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

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
The 74 Interview

David Zweig Calls COVID School Closures 鈥榓 False Story about Medical Consensus鈥�

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Los Angeles

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

Ben Chapman
digital divide

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

Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Author: Patrick O鈥橠onnell
school (in)security

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

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
education department

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
California

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

Carolyn Jones
teachers

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

Gabrielle Birkner, Chalkbeat
Pandemic

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

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
Pandemic

KIPP鈥檚 Night Kindergarten in Newark: A Rare 鈥楤right Spot鈥� in COVID鈥檚 Dark Days

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
commentary

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

Kevin Huffman & Sadie Jefferson
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Why Hate Math?: Brooklyn Sisters鈥� Tutoring Co. Helps Kids Build STEM Identity

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
pandemic

How COVID Shaped Child Care and Early Learning

Kendra Hurley
Author: Kendra Hurley
commentary

How States Can Soften the Fall From the Fiscal Cliff

Thomas J. Kane & Jason Godfrey
Analysis

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

Thomas Toch & Bella DiMarco
The Big Picture

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

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Analysis

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

Jusneel Mahal, The Conversation
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Leanlab Founder Says Ed Tech Should Root Itself in Community Voice, Co-Design

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Big Picture

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

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Chicago

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

Reema Amin
charter schools

Charter Schools Continue to See Enrollment Increases Post-Pandemic

Lauren Camera
commentary

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

Lindsay E. Jones
Author: Lindsay E. Jones
Oklahoma

Grand Jury: Oklahoma Gov鈥檚 Management of Pandemic Programs was 鈥業ndefensible鈥�

Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice
Hawaii

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

Megan Tagami, CalMatters
Analysis

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

Patricia Burch
Author: Patricia Burch
enrollment decline

Report: Nearly 500 Schools Underenrolled and Chronically Underperforming

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
Opinion

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

Robin Lake
Author: Robin Lake
learning loss

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

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Missouri

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

Maria Benevento
Analysis

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

Morgan Polikoff
Author: Morgan Polikoff
Oregon

Oregon Teachers Gather to Find Solutions to Close Pandemic Learning Gaps

Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle
learning loss

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

Kalyn Belsha, Chalkbeat
learning loss

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
EDlection 2024

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

Jacob Fischler & Ashley Murray
Indiana

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

Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle
special education

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

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
free community college

How Community Colleges Kept Students Engaged During and After the Pandemic

Xueli Wang
Analysis

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

Hunter Gehlbach & Li Li
tutoring

Tutoring Company with Chinese Ties Hits Back at Parents Group’s Bid to 鈥楧estroy鈥� It

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
North Carolina

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

Katie Dukes, EducationNC
Analysis

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

Gabriel E. Hales & Keith N. Hampton
video

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

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North Carolina

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

Katie Dukes, EducationNC
absenteeism

Chronic Absenteeism Rises in Texas Schools Post-Pandemic

Claudia Lorena Silva, El Paso Matters
pandemic

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

Julian Shen-Berro, Chalkbeat
Opinion

Americans Have Yet to Accept COVID鈥檚 Tragedy 鈥斅燗nd Are Taking It Out On Schools

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
74 interview

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
opinion

Keeping Learning Recovery Going When Federal Pandemic Funds Dry Up

Denise Forte
pandemic

鈥榃e Are in a Different Place鈥�: CDC Lifts 5-Day Isolation Guidelines for COVID

Helena Oliviero & Stephanie Lamm
California

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

Carolyn Jones
transfer students

Job Focused Community College Programs Grow 鈥� But聽Grim Transfer Trend Continues

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay
Face Masks

Iowa Appeals Court Upholds Law Banning Mask Mandates in Schools

Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch
California

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

Carolyn Jones
learning loss

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

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
assessments

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

Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune
tutoring

As Relief Funds Expire, Harvard鈥檚 Kane Says 鈥榃hole Generation鈥� Still Needs Help

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Analysis

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

Robin Lake
Author: Robin Lake
Ohio

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

Susan Tebben, Ohio Capital Journal
Analysis

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

Jared Polis
Author: Jared Polis
National School Choice Week

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Book Review

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

Mark Swartz
Author: Mark Swartz
buses

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

Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder
South Dakota

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

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight
student engagement

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

Kate Rix
Texas

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Analysis

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

Keri Rodrigues
Author: Keri Rodrigues
parent engagement

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

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
The 74 Interview

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

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
Indiana

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

Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Author: Patrick O鈥橠onnell
best of 2023

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

Steve Snyder
Author: Steve Snyder
best of the year

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

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
A Way Forward for Schools After COVID

Closing Education鈥檚 鈥楬onesty Gap鈥�: Greater Transparency for Parents After COVID

Aimee Guidera
Author: Aimee Guidera
mental health

Virginia Data Shows Severe Shortage of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists

Hollyann Purvis/Capital News Service
Analysis

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

Bella DiMarco
Author: Bella DiMarco
Analysis

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

Cara Pangelinan
Author: Cara Pangelinan
Online Learning

Online Schooling for Washington鈥檚 Youngest Students is on the Rise

Grace Deng
college enrollment

Texas Community Colleges See Biggest Enrollment Recovery Since the Pandemic

Caroline Wilburn
Hawaii

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

Megan Tagami, CalMatters
Analysis

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

Kristie Patten
Author: Kristie Patten
Hawaii

Test Scores Show Slow Progress For Hawaii Students

Megan Tagami, CalMatters
Child Tax Credit

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

Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline
The 74 Interview

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

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
Opinion

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

David Adams
Author: David Adams
Opinion

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

Emily Ayscue Hassel & Bryan C. Hassel
cailfornia

California Student Test Scores Change Little from Last Year鈥檚 Low

Erica Yee, CalMatters
Ohio

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

Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Author: Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Georgia

Georgia鈥檚 High School Seniors Graduate at a Slightly Higher Rate

Ty Tagami, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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