The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), signed in February 2009, included nearly $100 billion in new funding for the Department of Education (DOE). Over $36 billion of it remains unspent, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptions not just to schools but to the lives of kids and families: Lost loved ones, lost jobs, lost homes, food insecurity, and more came with a steep academic and ...

As schools battle learning loss that followed from remote learning during COVID-19, K-12 districts are increasingly relying on online credit recovery programs to get students back on track to ...

Pandemic K-12 public school closings disrupted learning nationwide, with the average student in grades 3 through 8 losing the equivalent of half a grade level in math achievement and a third of a ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. While California students — and those across the country — have not reached prepandemic math and reading scores, ...

Tennessee ranked third in math recovery and ninth in reading recovery after pandemic losses. However, according to the Education Recovery Scorecard, the state's students still lag behind pre-pandemic ...