New knowledge from the Nation’s Report Card reveals troubling developments: Twelfth-graders are performing worse in math and studying, and Eighth-graders are falling behind in science, a continuation of some developments that began earlier than the pandemic. The report from the Nationwide Heart for Training Statistics exhibits that whereas top-performing college students proceed to excel, lower-performing college students, the bulk, are slipping even additional behind. The report additionally highlights an increase in scholar absenteeism throughout the board.
Training Secretary Linda McMahon known as the findings “devastating.” Some say cuts to jobs and applications on the Division of Training beneath her management gained’t assist, as President Donald Trump duties her with dismantling the division altogether.
Why are scholar take a look at scores falling? How a lot of the decline is as a result of pandemic? What’s really working in Okay-12 schooling—and the way can we assist extra college students succeed?
Friends:
Donna Cooper – Govt Director of Youngsters First
Farah Jimenez – President and CEO of Philadelphia Training Fund
