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Heres a closer look at how the 24,000-student district closed a longstanding digital divide.

America’s schoolchildren suffered grievously from prolonged school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. That was a rare point of consensus at the March 28 hearing of the newly created House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, transcending the standard, tiresome, and transparently partisan criticisms of the Biden and Trump administrations’ pandemic performance.

Texas public schools, particularly those with low-income populations, have been failing students for over a decade now

Readers share their views in letters to the editor

Smaller classes do not seem to improve NAEP scores

The U.S. failed to evaluate the harm of lost learning versus the coronavirus when it closed schools during the pandemic and fell behind Europe in getting children back into the classroom even as leaders tried to reopen bars and gyms, experts told House investigators this week.

The National Commission on Excellence in Educations release of a report titled "A Nation at Risk" in 1983 was a pivotal point in the history of American education. The report used dire language, lamenting that "the educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and a people."

Staffing shortages are among the challenges that have left students in special education physically at risk and academically unserved — even though they are among the student groups in greatest need after more than two school years of pandemic disruptions.

When Governor Jay Inslee (D) closed the public and private schools of Washington State’s 1.1 million students on March 13, 2020, state education leaders made several key decisions that influenced the state’s attempt to deliver education services during the COVID-19 crisis. These decisions reflected the political priorities of the large, unwieldy, and inflexible bureaucracies and unions that run the public schools, not the needs of the parents whose children saw one-third of their 2019–2020...

Many American kids are reading at a basic or below level. BU Wheelock researchers are testing new ways to help more children improve their literacy skills.