COVID learning loss will further tax teachers, particularly in under-resourced districts, who faced challenges in supporting all learners adequately pre-pandemic.
President Joe Biden predicted that most elementary schools will be open five days a week by the end of his first 100 days in office, but said it will be tougher for high schools to reopen at the same rate because of the risk of infection.
Replacing a below-average elementary school principal with an above-average principal results in nearly three months of additional math and reading gains, research shows.
As the White House struggles to flesh out President Biden’s promise to reopen schools within 100 days, aides have found themselves steadily lowering expectations.
Students have attended class in-person throughout 2020-21 in Wisconsin's Turtle Lake School District, a one-building, pre-K through 12 system with an enrollment of 170.
Although dates have been set in New York City and Chicago to send children back to schools, there are no such agreements in Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco, dragging out the process nearly a year after students began learning remotely.