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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
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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’s future.
Robin Lake & Paul Hill
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New NAEP Scores Dash Hope of Post-COVID Learning Recovery
Results from the Nation’s Report Card offer few positive signs, with reading performance slumping even since the heart of the pandemic.
Kevin Mahnken
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In the Rush to COVID Recovery, Did We Forget About Our Youngest Learners?
Research finds the country’s youngest elementary school students aren’t catching back up to pre-pandemic levels in reading and math like older kids.
Lauren Camera
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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.
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Exclusive: Study Finds COVID Harmed Cognitive Skills of Students — and Teachers
New working paper is believed to be the first to link weaker memory and diminished ‘flexible thinking’ skills to the pandemic’s academic downturn.
Greg Toppo
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Early Childhood
Kids Who Were Babies During COVID Are Now Struggling With Reading & Math
Emily Tate Sullivan
March 17, 2026
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Widespread Tutoring Is Here to Stay. Now Let’s Make it Universal
Liz Cohen
March 16, 2026
Los Angeles
Layoffs, Cuts and Closures Are Coming to LAUSD Schools As District Confronts Budget Shortfalls
Ben Chapman
December 23, 2025
commentary
Students Will Pay a Heavy Price If Feds Gut Funding for High-Impact Tutoring
Maureen Tracey-Mooney
December 2, 2025
commentary
New Survey Shows 440,000 More Tutors, Mentors Supporting Students – But It’s Not Enough
Robert Balfanz
November 13, 2025
LAUSD 65th Anniversary
Historic Los Angeles Testing Gains Lift Even the Lowest-Performing Schools
Linda Jacobson
October 24, 2025
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The Post-Pandemic Promise of High-Impact Tutoring
Greg Toppo
October 14, 2025
Ohio
Homeschooling in Ohio is Seeing Another Recent Surge After Spiking During the Pandemic
Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal
September 13, 2025
NAEP
Students’ Skills — and Interest — in Science Tumble in First Post-COVID Test
Linda Jacobson
September 9, 2025
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COVID Worsened Long Decline in 12th-Graders’ Reading, Math Skills
Greg Toppo
September 9, 2025
U.S. Department of Education
As Students Return to School, Educators Grapple With Chaos From Washington
Linda Jacobson
August 20, 2025
Analysis
Black, Latino & Low-Income Kids Felt Better Doing Remote School During COVID
Daniel Silver, Morgan Polikoff & Daniel A. Hackman
August 20, 2025
alternative education
New Book Charts Microschool Founders’ Paths to Independence
Greg Toppo
August 18, 2025
commentary
Girls’ STEM Skills Slipped During COVID. Here’s What to Do
Megan Kuhfield, NWEA
July 28, 2025
California
Pandemic Grads Had No Prom, No Pomp and Circumstance, & Started College on Zoom
Deborah Brennan, CalMatters
June 29, 2025
Chronic Absenteeism
Chronic Absenteeism’s Post-COVID ‘New Normal’: Data Shows It Is More Extreme
Linda Jacobson
June 3, 2025
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Boys Outperform Girls in Middle School STEM, Reversing Gender Gap, Study Finds
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May 13, 2025
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April 17, 2025
Los Angeles
Five Years On, COVID-Era Enrollment Declines Decimate L.A. Schools
Ben Chapman
April 16, 2025
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Patrick O’Donnell
April 9, 2025
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Student Absences Have Surged Since COVID. Some Say Parents Should be Jailed
Mark Keierleber
April 4, 2025
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Close to $3 Billion in Relief Funds in Jeopardy as Ed Dept. Halts Payments
Linda Jacobson
March 31, 2025
California
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Carolyn Jones
March 31, 2025
teachers
She Loved Teaching, but After COVID Lockdowns, She Broke Up With It
Gabrielle Birkner, Chalkbeat
March 29, 2025
Pandemic
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Lauren Wagner
March 20, 2025
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Linda Jacobson
March 19, 2025
commentary
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Kevin Huffman & Sadie Jefferson
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March 14, 2025
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February 19, 2025
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