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Results showing math and reading scores for 9-year-olds fell by a level not seen in decades. the federal government is pumping billions in relief funds into districts. requiring them to spend at least 20% on learning loss. schools nationwide have been trying to hire more staff. but with teacher burnout and fewer new teachers, many schools face a teacher shortage. especially if rural areas and those with more low income families and students of color. at casa grande union high school in arizona, ...

Decades. the federal government is pumping millions into districts, requiring them to spend at least 20% on learning loss. schools nationwide have been trying to hire more staff but with teacher burnout and fewer new teachers, many schools face a teacher shortage, especially in rural areas and those with more low income families and students of color. >> afternoon. ids, please. >> reporter: in arizona, some classes have more than 70 students, and in other rooms, edge educators are teaching lesso...

There is new evidence of how significantly the COVID-19 pandemic impacted learning loss in the classroom for students.

In the four tests, Massachusetts returned scores that were the lowest since at least 2003, the Globe reports, while Boston saw its lowest marks since at least...

Nation's Report Card highlighted the severe learning loss endured by American children since the pandemic, and no state was spared. Virginia was hit particularly hard by the news.

Years of learning loss. nobody can deny it. not even the teachers unions at this point. >> we got kind of smacked in the face when we went to the school boards and begged them please reopen our schools. the kids are struggling. they said we dont care. >> i want to make sure that my school board understands that there is the loss of learning and education and the harm that they have caused over the last two years needs to be fixed. theyre the ones who need to fix it. will: weve been talking about...

Movement, you know? >> no, i agree. and i think what happens in washington, and it seems like our policy and our politics is all d.c. focused. what happens is that everything gets hyperpoliticized. so, you know, schools opening or not becomes a political issue rather than recognizing mistakes may have been made. it was a really difficult time. but lets try to solve problems now. and there is a bipartisan consensus outside of washington of what needs to be done. democratic governors and republica...

"Learning loss" has become a lightning rod and there's sharp disagreement among educators, school leaders and parents even about how to label the problems...

What happens is that everything gets hyper politicized and so, schools opening or not becomes a political issue rather than recognizing mistakes that may have been made. it was a really difficult time. but lets try to solve problems now. there is a bipartisan consensus outside of washington of what needs to be done. democratic governors and republican governors alike, many of them are abandoning the whole language notion for reading and focusing on the science of reading. and there are a lot of ...

A new Michigan State University study took an in-depth look at what the data tells us. While more students are meeting or exceeding learning goals for the year — many still are not.