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Never before has the American education system been put under a microscope sometimes literally the way it was in 2020.
That’s because COVID-19 illustrated just how much about schools we take for granted. Education research examines all kinds of things that take place inside the walls of schools, from science lessons and gym classes to sick days and suspensions. But experts have never had to think about what might happen if all of it the hugs, the free breakfasts, the standardized tests, even the buildings themselves simply went away. This spring, that’s exactly what happened, stranding tens of millions of students in academic limbo even as this sentence was being written.
16 Charts that Changed the Way We Thought About America’s Schools This Year
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Never before has the American education system been put under a microscope sometimes literally the way it was in 2020.
That’s because COVID-19 illustrated just how much about schools we take for granted. Education research examines all kinds of things that take place inside the walls of schools, from science lessons and gym classes to sick days and suspensions. But experts have never had to think about what might happen if all of it the hugs, the free breakfasts, the standardized tests, even the buildings themselves simply went away. This spring, that’s exactly what happened, stranding tens of millions of students in academic limbo even as th
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