A new study finds that “remote instruction had very disparate impacts in high-poverty and low-poverty schools” and that, most likely, schools and districts will need to allocate a much larger share of their federal relief funds to combat lost learning than the 20% federally required. “I’m most concerned the catch-up plans that districts are working […]
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At this point in 2020, saying that the federal government hasn t done enough to support the people and businesses struggling to get by during the pandemic doesn t feel like much of a controversial statement. Congress and the White House continue to squabble over whether or not more relief (let alone another direct stimulus check) is needed while the misery continues.
While there are many facets to this crisis, a new poll of 2000 Americans commissioned by Two Good Yogurt in October suggests that 2020 has been a dire time of unprecedented food insecurity for an ever-increasing number of people.