The report notes that 320 million children in India have not stepped into a classroom for more than a year and have lost one-tenth of their entire schooling already.
a couple dualing healines for the coronavirus levels are . here is what s going down, demand for the vaccine, particularly in people under 40. that s threatening president biden s goal of getting shots into the arms of at least 70% of adults by july 4th. the washington post reporting the u.s. is averaging fewer than a million shots per day. that s down more than two-thirds from what we were seeing in april. a big push is on by the cdc asking parents to vaccinate their kids if they are eligible, before summer gets here, after more teens have been hospitalized with problems related to covid. a third of them admitted to the icu. that s the backdrop to what we see in alabama. another issue affecting teens there and across the country. how to bridge the learning gap in this pandemic, with a record
pupil. catching up won t be quick, easy or cheap. for schools like this one, at the heart of the community, there is a long road to recovery. elaine dunkley, bbc news in halifax. let s speak to our political correspondent ben wright. the education secretary says this is a hefty amount of money, 1.4 billion. his critics says this is catch up teaching on the cheap. that s right, ben. the government talks about levelling up, closing the economic gap between wealthy and disadvantaged parts of the country, but the pandemic has clearly widened the learning gap between children who have had lots of help with studies at home, you have the resources, and other children that don t. in march borisjohnson said tackling this would be his biggest priority, and now we are getting to measure that rhetoric against action. we have got £1.11 billion of extra money announced today. that is
Board thanks voters; construction moves forward
By London Bishop - lbishop@aimmediamidwest.com
London Bishop | Greene County News Deputy Mayor Rob Hoffman presents Superintendent Gene Lolli and members of the Fairborn Board of Education a proclamation in support of the district’s Closing the Learning Gap program.
FAIRBORN The Fairborn City Schools Board of Education took the opportunity at its May 6 regular meeting to thank the community for passing the renewal levy during the special election on Tuesday. The vote makes a 7-mill substitute levy continuous, and voters will not have to renew the levy.
“The Fairborn City Schools district is poised to write the next chapter in our community,” Lolli said. “The renewal levy will provide financial stability for operating costs for years to come.”
Widening learning gap
Schools should activate in-person classes despite pandemic
The severity of a gap in educational achievement triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has been verified in a report released Tuesday by the Seoul Education Policy Institute affiliated with the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education. There have been concerns about a widening learning gap among students because of remote learning that has become prevalent during the pandemic and the latest findings are quite significant, considering that the report is based on exam results from 382 middle schools in Seoul.
Researchers analyzed the Korean, English and math scores of students and found that the percentage of students belonging to the middle rank fell during the pandemic, while the ratio of students in the lower rank rose, suggesting that educational polarization has become severe. Students were divided into two groups ― one consisting of students who were second graders in 2018 and the other consistin