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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.
Chris Liang-Vergara
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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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Pandemic
Could $50 a Week Empower High School Students to Set and Meet Education Goals? This New Orleans School Aims to Find Out
Beth Hawkins
August 4, 2020
Pandemic
‘Do You Really Want to Spend the Money on Online Yale?’ For the Class of 2020, Gap Years Beckon
Kevin Mahnken
August 4, 2020
The Big Picture
Amid Pandemic Downturn, New Research Shows Great Recession Hurt Student Test Scores, Widened Achievement Gaps & Reduced College Attendance
Linda Jacobson
August 4, 2020
Pandemic
Immigrant Educators Helping Immigrant Students Through Coronavirus: Maria Rocha, One of 2,000 Texas Teachers Covered by DACA, Is Turning Her Anxiety Into Advocacy
Bekah McNeel
August 3, 2020
Pandemic
Analysis: Taking Attendance Amid the Pandemic Is About More Than Student Participation. It Will Be Invaluable Data About Whether Distance Learning Is Actually Working
Phyllis W. Jordan & Hedy N. Chang
August 3, 2020
Pandemic
Plans to Administer ‘Nation’s Report Card’ in 2021 to Proceed Despite Concerns Over Reliability and Funding During Pandemic
Linda Jacobson
August 3, 2020
Pandemic
Analysis: We Reviewed 86 Districts’ Reopening Plans for the 2020-21 School Year. Here’s Some of What We Found
Sarah McCann & Bree Dusseault
August 3, 2020
Pandemic
Young & Rosenberg: 4 Major Concerns School-Based Mental Health Professionals Have for Students This Fall
Duncan Young & Linda Rosenberg
August 2, 2020
Pandemic Notebook
Pandemic Notebook: 13 Students Across America Write About COVID-19, Their Disrupted School Year and the Disorienting New Normal
Andrew Brownstein
August 2, 2020
COVID Slide
Educating Through a Pandemic: From a Kansas Showdown Over Campus Closures to California’s New Tool to Measure Learning and New York’s Surge in Homeschooling Families, 11 Ways Schools & States Are Adapting to COVID-19
Erika Ross
August 2, 2020
Cleveland
Texas: Reconnecting Black Kids & Teens to the Great Outdoors
Bekah McNeel
July 31, 2020
Cleveland
Ohio: Urban Districts Say DeVos Aid Plan to Cost Them Millions
Patrick O’Donnell
July 31, 2020
Cleveland
NYC: Reopening Schools Has Trumped ‘Reimagining’ Schools
Brendan Lowe
July 31, 2020
Cleveland
EDlection 2020: Biden Touts School Funding, Equity at AFT
Linda Jacobson
July 31, 2020
Best of the Month
The 11 Best Education Articles From July: How States Are Crafting Reopening Policies, Why Parents Are Bracing for a Chaotic Re-entry, When the Preschoolers Disappeared & More
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July 31, 2020
Pandemic
DC Public Schools Is Latest District to Announce All-Virtual Start Despite Federal Pressure in Its Own Backyard to Reopen. 10 Things Families Need to Know
Taylor Swaak
July 30, 2020
EDlection 2020
Biden Prioritizes School Funding, Early Education and Classroom Equity in Appearance at AFT Convention; Decries GOP’s ‘Out of Touch’ Recovery Plan
Linda Jacobson
July 30, 2020
Pandemic
Cleveland’s ‘Mastery’ Hopes Fade as COVID-19 Surges and Classes Are Forced Online
Patrick O’Donnell
July 30, 2020
Pandemic
D.C. Public Schools Will Announce on Friday Whether It’ll Offer In-Person Learning. A Look at What’s Happening on the Ground as Decision Looms
Taylor Swaak
July 29, 2020
Pandemic
Parents (and Lawyers) Say Distance Learning Failed Too Many Special Education Students. As Fall Approaches, Families Wonder If Their Children Will Lose Another School Year
Linda Jacobson
July 29, 2020
New York
Gov. Cuomo and the Gates Foundation: For Now, Reopening Education Has Trumped Reimagining It
Brendan Lowe
July 29, 2020
Pandemic
Williams: The Country Can’t Pretend Its Way Around Flattening the Curve — Especially If We Want to Reopen Schools Soon
Conor P. Williams
July 29, 2020
Pandemic
Analysis: As More Districts Opt for Virtual Learning in the Fall, the Senate HEALS Act Risks Being out of Touch With Public Health Reality — and Delaying Desperately Needed Funds
Bree Dusseault & Robin Lake
July 29, 2020
Pandemic
DACA Double Take: A Month After ‘Dreamers’ Cheered SCOTUS Decision, Trump Administration Considers Second Effort to End Program, Halting New Applications
Mark Keierleber
July 29, 2020
Pandemic
Aldeman: What a 2005 Earthquake in Pakistan Can Teach American Educators About Learning Loss After a Disaster
Chad Aldeman
July 28, 2020
What Will It Take to Reopen Schools?
Reality Check: What Will It Take to Reopen Schools Amid a Pandemic? From Finances to Teaching to Learning Loss, 32 Experts Weigh In on 8 Big Unanswered Questions
Center on Reinventing Public Education & 91ɬÂþ
July 28, 2020
Pandemic
Top DeVos Deputy Tells Nation’s Education Reporters That Pandemic Adds Urgency to Federal Push for Private School Choice
Beth Hawkins
July 28, 2020
Pandemic
VIDEO: American Federation of Teachers Authorizes Educator ‘Safety Strikes’ If Schools Reopen This Fall Without Adequate Safety Measures
Mark Keierleber
July 28, 2020
Every Student Succeeds Act
This Week’s ESSA News: Rethinking How Attendance Is Tracked During COVID, Kansas Launches Report Card for Students in Foster Care, Local Leaders Trump Trump in Reopening Schools & More
Erika Ross
July 27, 2020
Pandemic
My School Built an Online Summer Program Both for Our Students and for Kids in Our Community Who Aren’t. 3 Things We’ve Learned
Julia Meyerson
July 27, 2020
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