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This is our biweekly briefing on the pandemic, vetted by John Bailey. .

This Week鈥檚 Top Story

• Tom Kane and Sean Reardon in
• 鈥淢ath, reading and history scores from the past three years show that students learned far less during the pandemic than was typical in previous years. By the spring of 2022, according to our calculations, the average student was half a year behind in math and a third of a year behind in reading.鈥�
• 鈥淥ur detailed geographic data reveals what national tests do not: The pandemic exacerbated economic and racial educational inequality.鈥�
• 鈥淭he pandemic left students in low-income and predominantly minority communities even further behind their peers in richer, whiter districts than they were.鈥�
• “In the hardest-hit communities 鈥� where students fell behind by more than one and a half years in math 鈥� schools would have had to teach 150% of a typical year鈥檚 worth of material for three years in a row just to catch up.鈥�

The Big Three

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• : “The decision was made on the advice of a panel of independent experts, the so-called COVID-19 emergency committee. 鈥� Though a couple of members of the committee were reportedly hesitant about the move, the majority agreed COVID no longer meets the criteria of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.”

• “The WHO Emergency Committee believes three things: COVID-19 is not unusual and unexpected; cross-border transmission can鈥檛 (and won鈥檛) be stopped; COVID-19 does not require a coordinated international response.”
• “This doesn鈥檛 mean the end of a pandemic.鈥�

• “Reversing [the learning loss] crisis will require a historic investment. The good news is, that鈥檚 just what states and school districts have gotten from Congress: approximately $190 billion from coronavirus rescue plans.”
• “High-dosage tutoring, done correctly, could compensate [for COVID learning loss], giving kids as much as an additional year of growth every year it鈥檚 implemented.”
• “High-dosage tutoring is essential to make up for the learning loss COVID-19 has wrought. It could also help ensure future students don鈥檛 lose so much to begin with.”

• Via : “To help crystallize the events of the past three years, a team of 34 experts from public health, global health, science, academia and industry 鈥� called the 鈥� spent two years examining the nation’s response. [In April] they published a book on their investigation, .鈥�
• “Group members held ‘listening sessions’ with nearly 300 people, and in the absence of a federal commission on the topic, they felt a duty to speak out about what they found.” 
• via USA Today

Federal Updates

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky to Step Down June 30. ;

Department of Health and Human Services: fact sheet

• 鈥淲e know so many people continue to be affected by COVID-19, particularly seniors, people who are immunocompromised and people with disabilities. That is why our response to the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, remains a public health priority. To ensure an orderly transition, we have been working for months so that we can continue to meet the needs of those affected by COVID-19.鈥�
• Related:

Surgeon General: Released a facing our country, the destructive impacts it has on our collective health and the extraordinary healing power of our relationships. ;

National Center for Education Statistics: : 2022 NAEP Civics Assessment. ; 蜜桃影视

Education Department:

COVID-19 Research

Some Messages More Likely to Sway Parents to Vaccinate Kids Against COVID

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• “A survey of 898 parents found that more were very likely to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 after reading messages indicating that other trusted parents have done so or that the vaccine is safe, but not when the messages said the vaccine is well-tolerated.”

How Well Does Masking Work? And Other Pandemic Questions We Need to Answer

• : “We should be systematically studying pandemic mitigation efforts in order to 鈥宭earn which interventions are effective and how best to employ them. 鈥孞ust as important: We should 鈥屸�宒o so with the understanding that the absence of evidence of effectiveness is not the same as having evidence of ineffectiveness.鈥�

City & State News 

Ohio: “The state legislature recently expanded its , which provides qualifying families with a $1,000 credit per child for enrichment and educational activities.”

Tennessee: Penny Schwinn, influential state education chief, to step down.

Texas: Burbio analyzed 2022-23 enrollments in Texas. 鈥� that have announced 2022-23 enrollments to date.鈥�

Virginia: to parents of school-age children for tutoring in different subjects.

Viewpoints

Post-Pandemic, It鈥檚 Time for a Bold Overhaul of U.S. Public Education

• : “Education leaders must be brave and stand up and admit publicly and repeatedly that this system just isn鈥檛 working and discuss what is needed to improve it. Policymakers must revamp our education system鈥檚 faulty design and the failed policies that prevent us from trying new approaches.”
• “We believe that this can be achieved by making the future of learning more personalized, focused on the needs of individual learners, with success measured by progress and proficiency instead of point-in-time test scores.”

Teen Survey

• Via EdChoice and Morning Consult. ;
• Teens indicate their lives have improved in many areas since the height of the pandemic. They continue to feel better about their relationships with their close friends and immediate family since the pandemic. Stress and anxiety remain challenges.
• Less than 1 in 3 teens feel their school is handling mental health effectively.

How States Can Support Ongoing Academic Recovery

• Give parents clear, accessible information on their children鈥檚 progress and needs.
• Support the development of individualized learning plans for students.
• Provide individualized catch-up opportunities.

鈥� And on a Lighter Note

Thank You Kaya: .

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Disclosure: John Bailey is an adviser to the Walton Family Foundation, which provides financial support to 蜜桃影视.

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