A Recent Report Suggests That Metro Nashville Public Schools Students Are Not Improving Academically Despite Increased Funding Given To Combat The Learning Loss That Students Suffered Due To School Closures During The Pandemic.
Tennessee Saw Some Of The Largest Learning Recovery From Pandemic Conditions, According To A Study From The Harvard Center For Education Policy Research.
Pandemic Learning Loss Could Reduce The Lifetime Earnings Of Students By $70,000, According To A Study From A Stanford Economist.
Tennessee Mirrored The National Trend With Lower Test Score Results In Both Reading And Math As Shown In The Nation’s Report Card From The National Assessment Of Educational Progress.
Tennessee Plans To Spend $102 Million Of Its $3.7 Billion American Rescue Plan Allocation On A Learning Loss Intervention Program For Tennessee Students. It Was Recommended That The $25.5 Million Annual Total Of State Funds “Be Re-Invested Into New Educational Expenses Incurred.”
Tennessee State Senator Bo Watson Stressed The Importance Of In-Person Learning For Students At A Recent Friends Of Hixson Meeting. Watson Believes That School Districts That Prioritized Having Students In School Recovered Quicker.
The Special Session Held To Address K-12 Learning Loss Due To COVID-19 Came To A Close On Jan. 22. New Legislation Included Interventions With The Aim Of Helping Students Make Up For Valuable Time Lost In The Classroom Over The Past Months.
Bills Aimed At Curbing Pandemic-Related Learning Loss And Boosting Literacy Rates Are Advancing Through The Tennessee Legislature At A Rapid Pace, As Lawmakers Continue A Week-Long Special Session On Education.
Bills Include Proposals To Provide Summer Schools, After-School Tutoring, Requirement For School Districts To Use Phonics-Based Literacy Curriculum & Suspending Test-Related Accountability For Teachers & Schools This Year.
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