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COVID Policy Briefing

COVID Brief: School Closures and Learning Loss Connected Worldwide, New Report Shows

John Bailey
COVID Policy Briefing

COVID Brief: Pandemic to Blame for Increase in Toddler Speech Delays

John Bailey
COVID Policy Briefing

COVID Brief: Parents Don’t Know How Far Behind Kids Have Fallen in School

John Bailey
COVID Policy Briefing

COVID Brief: Data Show How Pandemic Hit Student Attendance, Grades, Advancement

John Bailey
Analysis

The Terrible Truth: Current Solutions to COVID Learning Loss Are Doomed to Fail

Margaret Raymond
The 74 Interview

Exclusive 74 Interview: Bill Gates Calls U.S. Education a ‘Challenged Space’

Kevin Mahnken
COVID Policy Briefing

COVID Brief: Ad Campaign Tells Parents Kids Have Fallen Behind in School

John Bailey
COVID Slide

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

Joshua Parrish
Chronic Absenteeism

Los Angeles Schools Look to Confront Dire Chronic Absenteeism Numbers

LeeAnna Villarreal
COVID Policy Briefing

COVID Brief: State Lawmakers Spend Federal Cash on Mental Health

John Bailey
New York

Hochul’s Proposal for Small-Group Tutoring Blocked by NY State Legislature

Asher Lehrer-Small
COVID Slide

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

Joshua Parrish
The Big Picture

Tough Love: Study Shows Kids Benefit from Teachers With High Grading Standards

Kevin Mahnken
Going Remote

In New Graphic Novel, Pandemic Scatters a Vulnerable School Community

Greg Toppo
COVID Policy Briefing

COVID Learning Recovery: Many Students Still Lag Behind, But Parents Aren’t Aware

John Bailey
COVID Slide

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

Joshua Parrish
COVID Policy Briefing

‘The Other Long COVID’ Affecting Kids: Missed Opportunities

John Bailey
Analysis

The Stakes Are Only Getting Higher for Pandemic School Aid Spending

Marguerite Roza
COVID Slide

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

Joshua Parrish
COVID Policy Briefing

Learning Woes: Half of America’s Students Started This School Year Behind

John Bailey
COVID Policy Briefing

The Final 97 Days of the COVID Emergency: What Changes on May 12

John Bailey
COVID Policy Briefing

COVID Brief: Few Students Use Online Tutoring Programs

John Bailey
COVID Policy Briefing

COVID Brief: New Data Reveals Rapid Rise of XBB.1.5 Variant

John Bailey
COVID Policy Briefing

COVID Brief: More Parents Opposed to School Vaccine Mandates

John Bailey
districts

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

Linda Jacobson
COVID Policy Briefing

Teen Brains Changed During COVID, Scans Show

John Bailey
Opinion

We’re About to Find Out If the Pandemic is Really Over. Are Schools Ready?

Conor P. Williams
caregiver loss

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
districts

Experts: Dismal NAEP Scores Offer Districts Chance to ‘Pivot’ on Relief Funds

Linda Jacobson
COVID Policy Briefing

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

John Bailey
Teaching Hiring

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
EDlection 2022

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
NAEP

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
COVID Policy Briefing

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

John Bailey
COVID Slide

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

Joshua Parrish
COVID Policy Briefing

Many Americans Know Little About Updated COVID Boosters

John Bailey
covid

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

Alex Baumhardt
absenteeism

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
covid

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
COVID Slide

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

Joshua Parrish
COVID Policy Briefing

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

John Bailey
EDlection 2022

Why Are So Many Republicans Raising Teacher Salaries?

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

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

John Bailey
COVID Policy Briefing

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

John Bailey
EDlection 2022

Former COVID Data Whistleblower, Now Congressional Candidate With Bold K-12 Plan

Asher Lehrer-Small
Academic Recovery

‘Too Good to Be True’: NH Gives Students $1,000 for Tutoring — Yet Sign-Ups Lag

Asher Lehrer-Small
COVID Policy Briefing

Schools & COVID Policy: Modified Boosters Likely Available for Teens Next Month

John Bailey
Pandemic

‘Treat This As You Would Any Illness’: Schools Across U.S. Downgrade COVID Rules

Asher Lehrer-Small
The 74 Interview

Q&A: Education Reporter Anya Kamenetz on COVID Failures & Students’ Stolen Year

Kevin Mahnken
Academic Recovery

New Data: Was 2022’s Summer Learning ‘Explosion’ Enough To Reverse COVID Losses?

Asher Lehrer-Small
COVID Policy Briefing

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

Joshua Parrish
Summer Learning Sprint

Gifted Summer Programs Skew White & Wealthy. Not Baltimore’s — And It’s Free

Asher Lehrer-Small
COVID Policy Briefing

CDC’s New School Guidance Scraps Quarantines, Lifts ‘Test to Stay’ Recommendation

John Bailey
The Big Picture

New Research: Summer Learning Boosts Math Performance, College Graduation

Kevin Mahnken
The Big Picture

How Norway Cut Student Absences By 25% — And Why The Policy Is No Silver Bullet

Asher Lehrer-Small
COVID Policy Briefing

CDC Eyes New School Rules on COVID Testing, Spacing, Quarantines

John Bailey
COVID Policy Briefing

Young Children’s Vaccination Rates May Have Already Peaked

John Bailey
Pandemic

74 Interview: Seeing the Nuances Behind the Chronic Absenteeism Crisis

Asher Lehrer-Small
COVID Policy Briefing

COVID Classroom Recovery: California Has Spent Little to Address Learning Loss

John Bailey
absenteeism

Student Voice: Pandemic Attendance Crisis is About More Than COVID

Andre Young
Pandemic

How Blue States & Red States Use COVID Relief Funds Differently to Aid Schools

Bella DiMarco & Phyllis W. Jordan
COVID Slide

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

Joshua Parrish
student voice

Mental Health, Teacher Shortages, Uvalde: Students Talk 2022’s Key School Issues

Asher Lehrer-Small
The 74 Interview

Paymon Rouhanifard on Boston, Tribalism and the Dangers of COVID ‘Groupthink’

Linda Jacobson
COVID Slide

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

Joshua Parrish
COVID Policy Briefing

FDA Recommends COVID Vaccines for Young Kids; 3rd Pfizer Dose May Be Key

John Bailey
student voice

Student Voice: Graduating After a Third COVID-Disrupted School Year

Joshua Oh, Diego Camacho & Kota Babcock
Pandemic

FDA Authorizes Moderna and Pfizer Vaccines for Kids as Young as 6 Months

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

When Sheryl Sandberg is Your Mentor: Scholarship Winners Reach College Milestone

The 74
COVID Policy Briefing

Many Kids Who Had COVID Don’t Have Antibodies to Protect Against Omicron

John Bailey
covid

NJ Public School Enrollment Dropped 18K Since Start of COVID, State Data Shows

Sophie Nieto-Munoz
Pandemic

COVID Vaccinations for Toddlers to Start After Juneteenth, White House Predicts

Asher Lehrer-Small
COVID Policy Briefing

Vaccines for Children Under 5 Could Be Available as Soon as This Month

John Bailey
COVID Slide

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

Joshua Parrish
Pandemic

Does Your School Have a ‘Slander’ Account?

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Three Pfizer Shots 80% Effective Against Omicron in Toddlers, Trial Data Show

Asher Lehrer-Small
COVID Policy Briefing

Study: Biting, Hitting & Overwhelmed, Young Kids Scarred Most By COVID Lockdowns

John Bailey
Pandemic

Districts Recommend Masks — But Don’t Require Them — as COVID Counts Rise

Asher Lehrer-Small
COVID Policy Briefing

Youth Mental Health: Hundreds of Suicidal Teens in Emergency Rooms Each Night

John Bailey
COVID Slide

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

Joshua Parrish
COVID Policy Briefing

Parents’ Long Wait Nearly Over? COVID Shot for Young Kids on Pace for Next Month

John Bailey
COVID Policy Briefing

The Intensifying Mental Health Crisis Facing Teens

John Bailey
Pandemic

Congress Wants FDA to Explain Reported Delay in Moderna Toddler Vaccine Review

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

The Children Left Behind By 1 Million U.S. COVID Deaths

Asher Lehrer-Small
COVID Policy Briefing

New Education Data: Homeschooling Surge Is Continuing Despite Schools Reopening

John Bailey
COVID Slide

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

Joshua Parrish
covid

Bloomberg’s $50M Plan to Give NYC Charter Students a ‘Summer Boost’

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Alarming New Research Shows Babies Born Amid COVID Talk Less, Developing Slower

Jo Napolitano
COVID Policy Briefing

Safer Air in Schools: Biden Grants $500 Million to Boosting Filters, Efficiency

John Bailey
COVID Policy Briefing

COVID’s Missing Students: 48% of Kids in L.A. Are Chronically Absent This Year

John Bailey
COVID Slide

Panic in Pennsylvania Schools Amid Declining Teaching Candidates & Applications

Joshua Parrish
Pandemic

One Key Tool For Schools in Confronting COVID Learning Loss: Peer Tutors

Meg McIntyre
COVID Policy Briefing

AWOL Amid COVID: Half of Teachers Report Students Who Never Showed Last Year

John Bailey
Pandemic

State Fines School District $43,000 For Dropping Mask Mandate Too Early

Alex Baumhardt
COVID Policy Briefing

Fresh COVID Warning Signs From Europe as School Absences Triple in 2 Weeks

John Bailey
Pandemic

Moderna to Seek Authorization for Toddler Vaccine

Asher Lehrer-Small
Bronx

Losing a ‘Godsend to the Bronx’: Parents Push Back Against DOE Shakeup

Asher Lehrer-Small
covid

Analysis: For America’s Future, Key STEM Skills Won’t Be Learned in Classrooms

Stephanie J. Hull, Jim Clark, Jennifer Sirangelo, Suzanne McCormick & Ron Ottinger
COVID Policy Briefing

New CDC Wastewater Data Shows COVID Indicators Rising Across America in March

John Bailey
Pandemic

How the CDC Botched Revising Its Mask Guidance for Preschoolers

Asher Lehrer-Small
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