Important article by ⁦@Laura Meckler⁩ on COVID’s toll on students. —> Students who learned from home fared worse than those in classrooms —> High-poverty schools did worse than those filled with middle class and affluent kids washingtonpost.com/education/2022…

All of this was predictable, predicted, and preventable. "In math and reading, students are behind where they would be after a normal year, with the most vulnerable students showing the steepest drops" Kids out of school was the national emergency never treated as such.

Thanks for having me on @Bianna Golodryga and for bringing attention to issue of tens of millions of kids not in school. COVID risks to kids AND adults in schools can be managed; costs of kids out of school are escalating rapidly. This is a national emergency.

The know how. The tools. The guidance. The money. All there. Early summer, 2020. The rest of the nonsense? Just excuses. There was no reason to close schools, and no reason not to act. Stunning leadership failures. schools.forhealth.org

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Yes, kids should be going back to school in the fall My latest in @Washington Post Opinions arguing that: 1) the costs of school closures are devastating 2) there are proven plans to reduce risk for kids and adults #SchoolsForHealth washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…

Do Not Close the Schools Again The argument for keeping schools open rests on two constants ever since the Covid pandemic began: The risk of severe outcomes to kids from coronavirus infection is low, and the risks to kids from being out of school are high nytimes.com/2021/12/20/opi…