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♪ ♪ >> todd: dr. anthony dr. anthony fauci admitted covid-19 lockdown mandates had on your kids education. listen. >> what is the primary goal when you are dealing with a situation with the hospitals being overrun in new york. you have to do something that is rather draconian. sometimes, when you do draconian things, it has collateral, negative consequences. it does have ulterior consequences of the economy, on the school children. >> todd: a recent report from the department of education sh...

PROGRESS REPORT: Local superintendents tackle learning loss as student scores plummet

Its hospitals, schools, roads and bridges, but all of these cities in chicago, marthas vineyard, boston, new york, shouldnt have to deal with it. this is a basic issue of fairness. theyre feeling just a fraction of the pain that all of our border cities and border states have been feeling. >> martha: im so struck by the hypocrisy of this whole thing. because these individuals from the border, theyve been be being sent across the country for a long time. we spoke in april to a representative in n...

Parents saying they are all stalled together. and im not sure that is true. i think some kids really did keep moving, especially kids who were wealthier. are they all in the same boat here or not? >> well, definitely everyone faced headwinds, so it might be the same storm, but not the same boat. and i think that were absolutely seeing the effects of that here. and what is dangerous is that when we start talking about achievement gaps or learning loss, that well brand the kids who didnt get as mu...

What extra parents should be doing as we try to redress the learning loss here? >> you know, learning is so connected to the social and emotional and sense of motivation and belonging the kids have at school. so i would say make sure that your childs social environment is enriched too. we dont want to flip our kids over and feel like they have to work in academics all the time because they will have time to catch up as long as they remain engaged and motivated and seeking a brighter future. >> j...

Surrounded by family is more than enough. rosa flores, cnn, el paso, texas. still ahead, the welcome surprise almost no one saw coming at the apple iphone event. and how can teachers and students overcome pandemic learning loss? the right relationship with a bank who understands your inindustry, asas well as the local markets where you do business, can help lay a solid foundation for thehe future. pnc provideses the resources of one of the nations largest banks and local leaders with a focus...

To see the generosity of people, neighbors and neighboring states and counties have all joined in to help support the effort to clean up. >> dana: do you have a plan to help students who might have already, one, suffered from learning loss during the pandemic and now having this delay to the school year, is there a strategy you and your teachers have to try to get them up to speed? >> definitely. first the immediate needs. get them in school and we can identify any immediate things they have at ...

Really stressful for kids whether you are going into a new grade or new school. but on top of that now, my third grader, the majority of his education has been wearing a mask all the time. and now were only going to see it during times where the community levels of covid are really high. so he will be in an environment that feels kind of alien and very difficult. and so i think that this is a time where parents and teachers need to be even more supportive than normal and be willing to talk about...

Testing, they just the score drop was so large, and they say how long until we can get the scores back to where they were based on where we were prior to the pandemic. >> extrapolate out on how much longer we think it will take. there are not enough teachers, harry. >> there are not enough teachers. the question is how bad is the teacher shortage. the thing i want to emphasize here is it is hard to gauge this. we have anecdotal stories and the numbers back up the anecdotal stories. one estimate ...

Republican governor glenn youngkin saw him win the blue state by campaigning on the cultural divide on education. shes borrowing from his playbook. >> we think you should know what schoolbooks are in your library and what the class syllabus is, too. >> reporter: whitmer has learned, too. >> ive created a parent advisory council. its important not to be disconnected but to really empower parents. >> reporter: michigans governor became a national figure during the pandemic. her decisions on closur...