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Plunging NAEP scores make clear the long and difficult road ahead to pandemic recovery

The Hechinger Report

Educators have also cited school violence and staffing shortages.And some parents of children with special needs are suing school systems for failing to provide services to their children when schools were closed. Related: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling. We will be watching closely.

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“It’s so hard and so challenging:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling

The Hechinger Report

William Hite , superintendent of Philadelphia’s public schools. Young people are glad to be back in school. The county encompassing the Fayetteville Public Schools — in Northwest Arkansas near the Ozark Mountains — has logged the third highest number of deaths to Covid in the state. That’s number one. Resiliency.

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‘Next year will be a better year’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part III

The Hechinger Report

Here are some voices from our third round of interviews, in which we asked people involved with their local public schools for their reflections on how the past year had shaped them, and their predictions for the next school year, among other topics. school district is investing heavily in early literacy.

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“We’re really underwater here:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part II

The Hechinger Report

Our reporters are spending the year listening to people from across the country who are involved in their local public schools in one way or another. William Hite , superintendent of Philadelphia’s public schools. And public discourse doesn’t seem to have changed any. CHOOSE A LOCATION.