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Utilizing the funds that we currently have. we have more money in education now than any point as an jaefrt for me. we need to utilize the funds for academic recovery and communicate with families how were using the dollars. but im calling on all leaders throughout the country to welcome at this as a call to action, invest in education. im confident if we focus on our reading and math and on science, that we can lift our students performance and make our education system the best in the world. i...

As you can see right there, the column in the middle comic fourth-graders their math went down five points, the reading et points and eighth graders math went down eight points and reading three points. educators say, a one or two-point drop is significant. but an eight-point drop in some cases is shocking. what they say is if it drops ten points, you would have lost an entire year of learning. >> ainsley: wow, gosh! >> steve: it is that close to a loss year. >> ainsley: this is something especi...

And eighth grade reading scores and the worst ever declines in math. mark meredith is on the story in washington it runs deep, mark, good morning. >> good morning. the new report confirms what so many people long suspected. school closures and prolonged remote learning had a swied spread and negative impact on americas kids. the national center compared math and reading scores of 446,000 students in fourth and eighth grade. in terms of math comprehension fourth grade scores dropped five points c...

This morning that shows the devastating toll of learning setbacks in americas children caused by the pandemic. across the country, fourth and eighth graders fell behind in reading and saw the largest ever decreases in math. cnns gabe cohen is joining us on this. these decreases, especially the math, are eye popping. >> weve talked about the growing crises that students are dealing with right now, mental health issues, absenteeism, bullying, this test is giving us a clearer picture of the student...

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, ...

Feel like they wont do that and will disenfranchise more kids who parents say im not comfortable with that or the ones that dont want to do it and will go to private school. >> ainsley: according to the nations report card, west virginia, oklahoma and northwest region where districts will stay longer. the most significant score drops. math 25% of the fourth graders are basic level. >> brian: parents are going to remember who locked their kids out and told him to stay home. >> ainsley: 38% of eig...

Larceny, which is nonviolent theft. thats somebody falls asleep, and someone dips into their wallet, takes an iphone. thats where the real numbers are, but the violent crimes get the headlines. >> you cant just flood the zone, its not a as easy as saying more money, more cops. eric adams was talking about that to chris wallace. >> think about the math, 472 stations, 665 miles of track. never mind the trains. if you put three cops every station, talking 1,800 extra, a cop on every train, youre do...

For all this time. where do your kids fit into all of this especially you have a fourth or fifth grader. the data also shows there was no statistically significant gains in math for either of those two grade either state in 22. every single state was affected by this. this is a particularly hard pill to swallow because it didnt have to be this way. when you relatively on the children were less impacted by this disease with proper ventilation on schools that were not significantly impacted by spr...

Biden administration. >> ashley: you will mention politics but at the end of alexandrias piece, it affected all communities, all races, boys and girls. it wasnt just one socioeconomic group that it affected. it was literally all kids across the boards. fourth and eighth grade with math and reading and math is hard enough. it was not a strong suit for me. i know. it was like that for a lot of people. a lot of those kids try to go along virtually with a parent and the teachers were complaining abo...

How are you reacting to this this morning? >> look, you know, im saying if this is not a wakeup call for us to double down efforts and improve education, even before the pandemic, than i dont know what will. we really need to make sure were utilizing the arp dollars to help our students in reading and math and go beyond the data that we had in 2019. we have to double down now. >> youre mentioning the american rescue plan. that is look, that is like a tourniquet right now when youre talking about...