Editor’s Note: On March 15, 2020, Gov. Ned Lamont ordered all schools in Connecticut closed due to the pandemic. In the months that followed, learning moved online and many schools still haven’t reopened to full-time classroom instruction. On the one year anniversary of this event, we examine the impact a year of disrupted learning has had on the state’s children.
On his first day as the nation’s education secretary, Miguel Cardona claimed the spotlight as he and the first lady toured an elementary school in his hometown, about one year after COVID-19 first disrupted the lives of students, teachers and parents.