Tennessee kids have lost months of learning to the pandemic, and their advocates are now trying to make up for lost time.
A new report from the nonprofit group Save the Children finds more than half of all families say their children are spending less time on learning activities compared with a typical school day before COVID-19.
Experts say dropout rates will likely increase and could result in 1 million more people not earning high school diplomas.
Chapple Osborne-Arnold, Tennessee deputy director for Save the Children, said she initially thought online learning would help rural kids, but quickly realized that wasnât the case.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. Child hunger is on the rise across Tennessee, and advocates say in communities far from interstate highways, families are struggling to access resources. In some rural counties, there has been an increase in the number of children who are going without meals of 10% or greater. .