Academic achievement in U.S. public schools continues to fall behind pre-pandemic levels, with national test data showing a persistent decline in math and reading scores years ...

Over four years after the start of mass school lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic, many children are still feeling the educational effects. According to a new report from the testing nonprofit ...

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Schools that serve historically marginalized students are more likely to still be behind but have some of the biggest gains in recovery since the pandemic.

Five years ago, when Esti Iturralde’s daughter was in the first grade, the little girl struggled with learning to read. The teacher told her mother not to worry, Winnie just wasn’t ready yet, but ...

American schools and the ways students learn have changed since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic five years ago. Educators nationwide have said that their students returned to classrooms after the ...

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