Education Week

Five Years Later, Student Achievement Still Lags Behind Pre-Pandemic Levels

Corrected: An earlier version of this story misstated the size of the math performance gap compared with 2019 levels. The gap ranges from 1 to 14 percentage points, depending on grade level. Reading ...
Education Week

Social-Emotional Learning Linked to Higher Math and Reading Test Scores

Setting aside time in the school day to teach students social-emotional skills, such as emotional regulation and perspective-taking, can substantially boost students’ grade-point averages and ...
NPR

A deep dive on U.S. reading and math scores, and what to do about them

U.S. students were still nearly half a grade level behind in both math and reading in the spring of 2024, compared with achievement levels before the pandemic. That's according to the latest release ...
NPR

Nearly 5 years after schools closed, the nation gets a new report card

Almost five years have passed since COVID-19 first disrupted America's schools, and new data, known as the Nation's Report Card, offers cause for hope — and concern. The good news: In math, many ...
The Post-Crescent

This local nonprofit helps hundreds of students learn with trip to a simulated town

GRAND CHUTE - If you were asked as a kid what you wanted your career to be, did you know the answer? Not everyone is aware of the possibilities open to them. A local nonprofit, Junior Achievement of ...