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School districts are facing the greatest educational challenge of the last 100 years — reversing pandemic-induced learning loss among tens of millions of students. It is a moment that demands innovative programs that will be sustained over time and lead to rapid and lasting improvements. But experience teaches that in the face of great need, […]

New research on post-pandemic student achievement presents a sobering picture, offering a reality check for anyone who might think recovery is proceeding apace. The study, from CALDER, an American Institutes for Research (AIR) program working with seven universities, suggests school districts should do more. “We need more kids to get more hours of interventions,” said […]

Our children are in the top five over the course globally. >> bill: you mentioned this. federalist headline number two. covid learning loss could cost american kids $9 hundred billion in lost income. back out to martha. what you are arguing is performance and what pompeo is arguing. 70 countries, american students rank 35th in math. he argues all of this is on weingartens watch. >> it did happen during her watch. the sense of urgency has absolutely not been there. you know, one of the problems i...

Randi Weingarten doesnt have conventional nuclear weapons, but shes still managing to nuke the U.S. educational system.

Today. >> bill: strong message. from washington the senate has passed a bill protecting the right to same-sex marriage. lawmakers approving the legislation 61-36. a dozen republicans joining democrats. that bill was spurred by concerns the u.s. supreme court could overturn the 2015 decision that legalized gay marriage. the bill goes to the house where it is expected to pass. >> dana: the christmas shopping season colliding with crushing inflation. how half a dozen states are trying to put money ...

Standpoint saying this is a problem is talking about recruitment for the people who can be in our military, work in our military and have a career there or maybe just have 4 or 5 years there. that is not even possible if k-12 education isnt good enough and you have a possible 3 or 4 years of losses. you will have a big gap there. >> it is right. the other thing is we have to stop thinking that its only covid. this was happening long before covid, right? we were already down at number 14, 18 in r...

I think he took it a step farther, too. martha maccallum is here to talk about this. hello to you. i think it was who is the most -- i get asked who is the most dangerous person in the world? the most dangerous person in the world is randi weingarten? >> dana: its a big charge but i understand where he is coming from. he is talking about the decline of american education and our inability to educate our children. we have lost this sort of wrapping our arms around the idea we want to be competiti...

Hoot Reading, in partnership with TalentLift, will provide literacy tutoring to 200 children from newcomer families that have recently arrived from refugee...

Chalkbeat requested the data from the Michigan Department of Education in May, but the state says it would need time to screen the data first.

Most school districts adopted their budgets last spring, long before state and national test scores laid out the extent of pandemic declines, particularly in math.  That’s why some school finance experts are urging districts to redirect some of their plans for federal relief funds toward learning recovery before that money is actually spent.  “From our […]