New U.S. national test scores show that the pandemic wiped out the progress made in student learning since 1980. Additionally, research reveals that the quality of classroom instruction has declined in districts serving high numbers of disadvantaged students. Passing through an entire cohort of young people with very large gaps in academic knowledge and vastly under-developed emotional skills would be a mistake, argues Paul T. Hill.
“The spectacle of the Prigozhin rebellion—including the nearly unopposed Wagner Group march almost to Moscow—is a sign that Putin’s regime is weakened. Now is the time to redouble pressure and hold accountable Putin and his cronies for their aggression against Ukraine and effort to undermine global democracy,” write Zoe Hatsios, Norman Eisen, Aaron Klein, and Jonathan Katz.
Just over one in five Americans reported having a mental health condition in 2021. Of those people, only about half received any services for their conditions. To expand mental health care access, policymakers have proposed making services available outside of traditional office settings. In a new paper, Vikki Wachino examines the policy challenges of “meeting people where they are.”
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