In March 2020, U.S. schools closed to slow the spread of COVID-19, triggering the largest interruption to the American education system in generations. Five years later, a clear picture has emerged of how students have fared and the degree to which they have recovered.
Megan Kuhfeld and Karyn Lewis analyze student test scores and other available evidence to provide an update on academic recovery and discuss what these trends mean for policymakers and educators.
The U.S. government data purge. On a new episode of The Current podcast, Caren Grown discusses the impact of the removal of taxpayer-funded data and information from government websites, emphasizing the critical role of reliable statistics as a public good for effective policymaking and accountability.
Annotating the Department of Education EO. This week, President Trump signed a long-awaited executive order directing the secretary of education to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. In this piece, scholars from the Brown Center on Education Policy reproduce the full text of the executive order and add important context and analysis.
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