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When leading assessment providers released data in November on pandemic-related learning loss, the news wasn’t as dreadful as some had predicted. But new attempts to dig deeper into the results from two states now show that many students, particularly those in the elementary grades, have made far less progress than they would have in a […]

School districts won’t be able to chart a path forward without an accurate measurement of what’s been lost.

Math teacher holds class from car to avoid COVID risk, as DeKalb County orders teachers back to school 'Thousands of educators have died across the country and there’s no sense in putting us at risk if we don’t need to.' Author: Natisha Lance (11Alive) Updated: 12:41 AM EST February 9, 2021 DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — The DeKalb County school district closed several buildings for cleaning due to the coronavirus. It comes less than a week after its teachers were ordered to return to classrooms to teach students remotely.  The shut down of those buildings is addi...

AURORA — One Colorado charter network has kept its doors open for in-person learning all the way through the COVID-19 pandemic, and in that time no student, faculty or staff

AURORA — One Colorado charter network has kept its doors open for in-person learning all the way through the COVID-19 pandemic, and in that time no student, faculty or staff member has transmitted the virus to another person. Third Future Schools, a system of free public K-8 charters (one in Aurora, two in Colorado Springs, and one in Texas), has managed to keep a majority of its 1,440 students safely showing up for full days of school. As for the secret, Third Future educators say there is none. “What we’re doing is not that radical. … We don’t have any more money than anybody else...