Children Hit Hardest by the Pandemic Are Now the Big Kids at School Many Still Need Reading Help wttw.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wttw.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
They were the kids most disrupted by the pandemic, the ones who were still learning to write their names and tie their shoes when schools shut down in the spring of 2020. Many still need profound help overcoming the effects of the pandemic.
The children most disrupted by the pandemic, the ones who were still learning to write their names and tie their shoes when schools shut down in the spring of 2020, now still need profound help overcoming the effects of the pandemic.
Nationally, students suffered deep learning setbacks in reading and math during the pandemic. Last year’s third-graders, who were in kindergarten when the pandemic started, lost more ground in reading than kids in older grades.