Recovery from the pandemic stalled in many schools in 2023. Upper elementary and middle schoolers lost ground in reading and math, compared with student achievement before COVID. Nationally, fourth grade reading achievement dropped to its lowest point in 52 years. But there is promising news in pockets throughout the country. As students move through elementary […]
When Accelerate launched as a nonprofit nearly two years ago, we entered the somewhat nascent space of high-dosage tutoring at a very particular moment. Coming out of the pandemic, schools and policymakers understood that many students were behind in core academic subjects and that gaps between wealthier and lower-income young people had grown throughout the […]
Now three years since COVID’s first classroom closures and a year before districts start to feel the true impact of the fiscal cliff, 2023 marked a pivotal moment for students and schools across America. Fresh scores revealed the stalled state of learning recovery. Educators warned about an escalating chronic absenteeism crisis that has seen students […]
For K–12 education, 2023 was a year spent over a threshold. Schools had one foot in the shutdown era, still struggling to restore a sense of normalcy that disappeared in 2020. A steep rise in behavioral and disciplinary issues, which many teachers hoped would be only the temporary product of COVID’s generational disruption to routines, […]
If someone I care about has a piece of food stuck in their teeth, or a tag is sticking out the back of their shirt, I tell them. I believe telling them the truth is the kind thing to do. Likewise, when students are struggling, failing to turn in work or at risk of falling […]