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Michigan teachers want something to be done about learning loss
DATE: June 9, 2022
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – During the pandemic, students missed out on a lot of time in the classroom — and for many, bouncing back to learning hasn’t been easy.
“Students are doing substantially worse on benchmark achievements we would expect in a typical school year to the order of 30% points lower than they might normally be,” said Katharine Strunk.
Katharine Strunk is a professor of Education Policy and the faculty director at Michigan State University’s Education Policy Innovation Collaborative. She said the research shows — students just aren’t learning at the same rate during the pandemic as they were before COVID.
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