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After COVID, a Need for ‘Year-Round’ School to Catch Kids Up?

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
Pandemic
COVID-19
Pandemic

Learning Loss Magnified in Remote Districts, Study Finds

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Annenberg Institute
Annenberg Institute

Districts Have Billions for Learning Recovery, But Some Students Can’t Find Help

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Pandemic
ed tech
Pandemic

ESL Educators/Tutors Weigh in on Pandemic’s Effect on English Learners

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
California
California

States Passed Retention Laws to Combat Learning Loss, But Most Parents Said No

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

Cleveland
Cleveland

Indianapolis: Turning to Bus Drivers to Keep Students on Track
Cleveland
Cleveland

Alabama: How One District Looked for Ways to Ease Educator Workloads
Cleveland
Cleveland

History: 10 Lessons in Learning Loss From Past Crises
Cleveland
Cleveland

Photo History: 52 Weeks of COVID & Schools, 52 Iconic Photos
Pandemic
“Innovation & recovery”
Pandemic

Why the Fallout from Pandemic’s K-Shaped Recession Will Affect Schools for Years

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins

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Opinion
ESSER funding

Schools Must Know If Their Learning-Loss Programs Work — Before ESSER Funds End

Malipatil: 3 years after COVID began, it's time to assess whether dollars spent have made a difference, and what they should be used for going forward

Anu Malipatil
Author: Anu Malipatil

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Following the COVID Money

This Rural Illinois District Curbed Learning Loss With Help From a Burmese Church

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
learning loss

New Research Underscores Widespread, Pandemic-Fueled Learning Loss in Indiana

Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle
blog post

Tutoring Groups in 20 States Receive Grants to Expand & Help More Kids Catch Up

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Analysis

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

Margaret Raymond
Author: Margaret Raymond
The 74 Interview

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

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Analysis

How Are DC Schools Regaining Progress for Students? New Dashboard Has Some Clues

Bisi Oyedele
Author: Bisi Oyedele
Analysis

How Should Schools Spend ESSER Summer School Funds? RI Case Study Has Some Clues

Sara Kerr & Nate Schwartz
COVID Slide

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

Joshua Parrish
Union Report

Here We Go Again: L.A. Adds Instructional Days to Fight Learning Loss, Union Balks

Mike Antonucci

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Weaving a Stronger Society

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Weaving a Stronger Society

Celebrating educators who use community to help students succeed in class... and life

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commentary

Students in 4-Day-a-Week Schools Can Suffer COVID-Level Learning Losses

Christopher Doss, Andrea Phillips & Rebecca Kilburn
New York

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
COVID Slide

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

Joshua Parrish
Union Report

As Schools Close for 3-Day Walkout, Could L.A. Strike Accelerate Learning Loss?

Mike Antonucci
learning loss

In Rare Move, New Mexico Adds Weeks’ Worth of Extra K-12 Class Time

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Virginia

Gov. Youngkin Announces New Slate of Efforts to Address Learning Loss in Virginia

Nathaniel Klein, Virginia Mercury
COVID Slide

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

Joshua Parrish
The 74 Interview

Q&A: Education Expert on Tutoring, Learning Recovery & Schools’ Staffing Woes

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Analysis

Done Right, Tutoring Can Greatly Boost Student Learning. How Do We Get There?

Kevin Huffman
Author: Kevin Huffman
commentary

Principal’s View: How Alabama Is Leading the Way in Solving the Math Crisis

Dilhani Uswatte
Author: Dilhani Uswatte
Pandemic

Exclusive: Despite K-2 Reading Gains, Results Flat for 3rd Grade ‘COVID Kids’

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
COVID Slide

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

Joshua Parrish
The Big Picture

NCES: 49% of Students Started Year Below Grade Level, Usually in Math, Reading

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Analysis

Indy Summer Program Proves Acceleration, Not Remediation, Is Key for Students

Brandon Brown
Author: Brandon Brown
New Jersey

New Jersey Lawmaker Wants to Create a State ‘Learning Loss Czar’

Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor
The Big Picture

Global Learning Loss: Top 4 Takeaways from Latest International COVID Research

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
learning loss

Relationships, Recognition, Shared Vision: Principals Can Ease Teacher Stress

Alyssa Gallagher & Tara O’Brien
National School Choice Week

Scores Show ‘Personalized Learning’ Schools in CA Kept Kids on Track Amid COVID

Paul Keefer
Author: Paul Keefer
learning loss

Cardona’s Tutoring Charge, 1 Year Later: Some Progress, but Obstacles Remain

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
The Big Picture

Irked by Skyrocketing Costs, Fewer Americans See K-12 as Route to Higher Ed

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Opinion

‘DARPA for Education’ Is a Good Start. Now, Congress Must Do More

Dan Correa
Author: Dan Correa
tutoring

A New Playbook to Recruit Tutors: Tap Teachers in Training

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Analysis

3 Ways for Schools to Make Sure They Get What They Pay for in Learning Recovery

Amanda Neitzel & Jen Krajewski
learning loss

99 Days After Hurricane, Hundreds of Florida Students Still Without Classrooms

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
learning loss

Quarantines, Not School Closures, Led to Devastating Losses in Math and Reading

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
school attendance

School Attendance Problems Are Complex, and Our Solutions Need to be as Well

Jess Whitley & Beth Saggers
Best of 2022

Big Ideas About America’s Schools: The Year's Most Memorable Education Essays

Bev Weintraub
Author: Bev Weintraub
Analysis

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

Jocelyn Pickford
Author: Jocelyn Pickford
Big Picture

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

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Analysis

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

David Wakelyn
Author: David Wakelyn
learning loss

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

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
learning loss

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

Arun K. Ramanathan
Author: Arun K. Ramanathan
The Big Picture

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

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Pandemic

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

Adriana Villavicencio, University of California, Irvine
learning loss

LAUSD’s Test Scores Reveal Large Drops For Latino & Female Students

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay
Opinion

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

Kevin Huffman
Author: Kevin Huffman
A Nation Divided

How Educational Inequities Are Further Tearing Apart the Country

Conor P. Williams & Shantel Meek
districts

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Analysis

3 Misconceptions About Pandemic-Related Learning Loss

Sarah Cashdollar, Mariana Barragan Torres & Meg Bates
learning loss

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

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Analysis

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

Rianna Saslow
Author: Rianna Saslow
NAEP

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

Robin Lake & Paul Hill
COVID Policy Briefing

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

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Pandemic

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
tutoring

Free SAT Boot Camp & Tutoring Platform Is Getting Noticed by States, Colleges

Tim Newcomb
Author: Tim Newcomb
NAEP

Study: Damage from NAEP Math Losses Could Total Nearly $1 Trillion

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
education recovery scorecard

New Learning Loss Scorecard Shows Parents How Pandemic Impacted Their Schools

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Pandemic

Learning Acceleration and Assessment Strategies in 100 Large Urban Districts

Cara Pangelinan
Author: Cara Pangelinan
NAEP

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
4Fams

All Struggling Students Deserve Tutoring — Like My Daughter Gets from Her Dad

Alina Adams
Author: Alina Adams
NAEP

Nation’s Declining Report Card Mirrors Drops in State Standardized Test Scores

Bella DiMarco
Author: Bella DiMarco
NAEP

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

Andrew J. Rotherham
Author: Andrew J. Rotherham
literacy

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
COVID Slide

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

Joshua Parrish
EDlection 2022

More Parents Motivated to Vote in Midterms, Poll Finds

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Indiana

New Indiana Tutoring Program Empowers Parents, Encourages School Collaboration

Wayne D’Orio
Pandemic

ACT Scores Fall to Lowest Level In 30 Years

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Georgia

Education Spending, Funds for Learning Recovery in Election-Year Spotlight

Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder
ELA

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

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
learning loss

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

Amanda Neitzel
Author: Amanda Neitzel
Pandemic

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

Robin Lake & Travis Pillow
California School Boards Association

Facing Pandemic Learning Crisis, Districts Spend Relief Funds at a Snail’s Pace

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
learning loss

Experts Say Kids Are Far Behind After COVID; Parents Shrug. Why the Disconnect?

Morgan Polikoff & David M. Houston
learning loss

A New Initiative to Tackle Education’s Big Problems

Andrew J. Rotherham
Author: Andrew J. Rotherham
Academic Recovery

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
The 74 Interview

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

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Academic Recovery

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Summer Learning Sprint

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Kids Catch Up Best With Grade-Level Work — But Keep Getting Easier Assignments

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Indianapolis

Brown: Students Are Making Modest Learning Gains. That’s Not Good Enough

Brandon Brown
Author: Brandon Brown
The Big Picture

New Research: Summer Learning Boosts Math Performance, College Graduation

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

New Data: Despite Progress, a Third of Students Finished Year Below Grade Level

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
learning loss

Lessons from TFA’s Virtual Tutoring Program in Battling Learning Loss

Elisa Villanueva Beard, Teach For America
learning loss

122 Teachers Speak: Surviving Student Learning Loss, Behavior Challenges

Marianna McMurdock, Jasmine De Leon & Meghan Gallagher
American Rescue Plan

As Districts Spend Relief Funds, Auditors Say ‘Business is Booming’

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Assessment

‘Long Road to Recovery’: Math, Reading Scores Remain Below Pre-Pandemic Levels

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
learning loss

How Summer Camps & Afterschool Programs Can Step Up to Stem Learning Loss

Aaron Dworkin & Tom Rosenberg
The 74 Interview

Harvard Economist Offers Gloomy Forecast on Reversing Pandemic Learning Loss

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

Tennessee Students Rebound to Pre-Pandemic Reading Proficiency

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
ed tech

Zoom-Based Program Links Young Students With One-on-One Reading Tutors — Right in Their Own Classrooms

Tim Newcomb
Author: Tim Newcomb
AmeriCorps

Despite Urgency, New National Tutoring Effort Could Take 6 Months to Ramp Up

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
decoding

Teaching Kids to Read — Not Guess. Free Summer Program Launches to Help Parents

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
Edunomics Lab

New Learning Loss Calculator Estimates Costs of Catching Kids Up In 8K Districts

Marguerite Roza, Katherine Silberstein, Aashish Dhammani & Chad Aldeman
learning loss

Analysis: Many Districts Doing Less This Summer to Make Up for Lost Learning

Lisa Chu & Christine Pitts
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

Amid COVID, Closures & Zoom, a Teacher Fights to Preserve School Relationships

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Jeff Bezos

A Billionaire’s Gift Expands Reach of ‘Unapologetic’ Oakland Parent’s Group

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
The Big Picture

Study: COVID Learning Loss Comparable to That Inflicted by Hurricane Katrina

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

Q&A: David Brooks on Schools, Society’s Divides & How ‘Weavers’ Can Heal America

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Pandemic

Candidate for Ohio Governor Pushes Summer School To Account for COVID Learning Loss

Susan Tebben, Ohio Capital Journal
Pandemic

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

Meg McIntyre
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