The results fell to levels unseen for decades.
schools
Posted inNation & World, News, Schools and Education
High-stakes year begins for kids still learning to read
Mounting evidence from around the country shows that students who spent more time learning remotely during the 2020-2021 school year, many of them Black and Latino, lost about half of an academic year of learning.
advertisement
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: This sub can’t wait to go back to school
Our classrooms need all the help they can get these days. I’m happy to chip in.
Posted inNation & World, News, Schools and Education
Youth mental health is in crisis. Are schools doing enough?
But many of the pandemic’s longer-lasting impacts, including the harmful effects of isolation and remote learning, affect children’s emotional well-being.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Communities face crisis as fewer kids enroll and schools shrink
The pandemic accelerated enrollment declines in many districts as families switched to homeschooling, charter schools and other options.
Posted inNew England, Schools and Education
Boston avoids state takeover of public school system
Officials stave off an “underperforming” designation for the city’s troubled public school system.
Posted inNation & World, News, Schools and Education
Teachers after Texas attack: ‘None of us are built for this’
Already expected to be guidance counselors, social workers, surrogate parents and more to their students, teachers are sometimes called on to be protectors, too.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Conservatives run from common-sense solutions to gun violence
‘Yes’ to armed teachers, bulletproof classroom decorations and one-door schoolhouses. ‘No’ to reasonable limits on access to firearms.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Slowness to embrace four-day school week could be a good thing
This increasingly popular option, especially in districts in the nation’s rural areas, isn’t a major money-saver – though it does have other benefits, a new study finds.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Students’ religious freedom deserves Supreme Court’s protection
A case involving a high school coach who pressured players to pray with him is important for a nation where church-state separation is being called into question.