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To keep kids healthy, keep them in class learning
School closures were a mistake, writes Joseph G. Allen, an associate professor and director of the Healthy Buildings program at Harvard's...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 6, 20222 min read


It's a 'long road to recovery'
When students returned to school, they began learning again, but the recovery was hampered by "high absenteeism, quarantines and...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 20, 20221 min read


Normal in the fall?
San Diego schools have reimposed indoor mask mandates for summer school students, reports Domenick Candelieri. The city is seeing a...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 20, 20222 min read


Tennessee rebounds: Is it tutors?
Reading scores have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels or better in Tennessee, according to a new analysis, reports Beth Hawkins on The 74....

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 12, 20221 min read


Out the classroom door, but still teaching
While there’s little evidence of a “Big Quit” in education there may be a Significant Shift in how teachers see their options, writes...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 15, 20223 min read


No learning loss in Sweden
Photo: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels In Sweden, which kept schools open throughout the pandemic, first- through third-graders made normal...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 13, 20221 min read


Young males in trouble
We are failing our young men, argues podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey. That’s the one commonality in the vast majority of mass shootings....

Joanne Jacobs
May 26, 20221 min read


Class of ’22: Fewer males aim for college
After two pandemic years, the college-going gender gap is widening, reports YouthTruth’s Class of 2022 survey. Compared to the class of...

Joanne Jacobs
May 18, 20222 min read


Public schools lost 1.3 million students
Nearly 1.3 million students left district-run public schools in the last two years, estimates the Return to Learn tracker. Districts’...

Joanne Jacobs
May 17, 20222 min read
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