The catastrophic impact of the pandemic upon American learning nytimes.com/2021/04/08/us/… 
Maybe K-6 schools should cancel summer vacation in 2022 in favor of emergency catch-up reading and math programs?
Even pre-pandemic, summer vacation was a major cause of learning loss - and that loss (no surprise) hits weakest students hardest aera.net/Newsroom/Schoo…
And if it's true - as some commentators argue - that no enduring harm has been done to children by closing so many schools for so many months, then what's the point of the $740 billion per year that the US spends on classroom instruction? nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/disp…
Some kids will catch up.
Some will profit from the unexpected life opportunities.
Others will stagger through middle school and then drop out of high school.
The latter group will pay the price of the pandemic into the 2080s. *Their* kids will pay into the 22nd century.
Some will profit from the unexpected life opportunities.
Others will stagger through middle school and then drop out of high school.
The latter group will pay the price of the pandemic into the 2080s. *Their* kids will pay into the 22nd century.
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