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Tennessee Saw Some Of The Largest Learning Recovery From Pandemic Conditions, According To A Study From The Harvard Center For Education Policy Research.
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Pandemic Learning Loss Could Reduce The Lifetime Earnings Of Students By $70,000, According To A Study From A Stanford Economist.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Results of back-to-school student checkpoint tests from 38 school districts across the state are consistent with learning loss projections released by the Tennessee Department of Education, the department confirmed.
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Tennessee Department of Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn’s announcement of COVID-19-related learning loss projections for Tennessee students took state lawmakers and school superintendents by surprise.
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