Mineral wealth has kept Wyoming schools flush for decades, but unless legislators in this red state vote to raise state taxes, schools and small towns here could be in trouble.
Students with disabilities may become anxious when faced with an assignment or task, and they may disengage completely because they lack executive functioning skills.
Based on the research on past educational disruptions, the answers are sobering: We should expect large learning losses that will affect the current generation of students for the rest of their lives.
New Mexico could not account for more than 12,000 students at the start of the school year, children who were enrolled before the pandemic but never showed up in the fall.
To speed recovery from COVID learning loss, district leaders are adding tutoring programs that experts consider the most effective and equitable way to drive student growth.