#pandemic

Joanne Jacobs

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

Second wave of learning loss is coming in ’23-24

Students learned a lot less in remote classes, test scores show. “The achievement loss is far greater than most educators and parents...

Joanne Jacobs

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

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’...

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Grad rates rose as standards fell

Although students “learned considerably less” during the pandemic, high school graduation rates rose in 2020 and returned to the previous...

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Zoom U was very bad for students

College students are not OK, writes Jonathan Malesic, who teaches first-year writing at Southern Methodist University, in a New York...

Joanne Jacobs

Remote learning was a disaster

Photo: Marta Wave/Pexels Remote learning was an academic disaster, writes David Leonhardt. And it may have been unnecessary. In March...