How COVID-19 is affecting student learning, expanding communications services for Americans, and extending unemployment benefits.
| There are too many ways to lose unemployment compensation Without congressional action, pandemic-related unemployment insurance (UI) programs will end on December 26. Lauren Bauer, Wendy Edelberg, and Stephanie Lu discuss the consequences of UI expirations and call for a robust unemployment compensation extension in the next round of COVID-19 stimulus. Read more |
| Biden’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) In the next few months, the FCC will be at the center of significant debates on broadband access, Section 230, 5G, net neutrality, broadcast media ownership, and other areas. Darrell West, Nicol Turner Lee, and Caitlin Chin explain how the incoming administration may expand and reform the use of communications services for the American public. Read more |
| How is COVID-19 affecting student learning? Using fall 2020 reading and math assessment data from nearly 4.4 million students, Megan Kuhfeld, Jim Soland, Beth Tarasawa, Angela Johnson, Erik Ruzek, and Karyn Lewis examine how students performed relative to typical school years and whether or not students made learning gains since schools went online. Read more |
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